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  • #31
    Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
    UPDATE:

    Source: Religious Freedom Wins: Washington School Must Rehire Praying Coach


    It’s a great day in America when the Bill of Rights and religious freedom prevail over government hostility, censorship and suppression. It’s great for praying coach Joe Kennedy, who will return to work as a Bremerton, Wash., high school football coach within the next few months after previously getting fired for praying on the field after games.

    On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court ended Kennedy’s seven-year legal battle by deciding Bremerton High School violated his right to pray on its football field when it fired him in 2015. A joint stipulation in court this week revealed that the school must reinstate the coach to his previous position with backpay on or before March 15, 2023.

    Kennedy was fired by the school over his post-game prayers at the 50-yard line. His legal battle was “vying for the protection of traditionally Christian values amid the nation’s ongoing rejection of religious principles,” wrote Alexandro Avila, on the Outkick blog.

    That protection is the nation’s first liberty, the religious freedom promised by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Bremerton High School trampled on that amendment in Kennedy’s case, but that wrong has been righted. He filed a lawsuit against Bremerton High, but a district court ruled and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit both ruled against him. The case went all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he finally received justice with a favorable 6-3 decision.

    This week’s release of a court document indicates Kennedy is entitled to “declaratory relief consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion in this case, and that Bremerton School District ‘shall not interfere with or prohibit Kennedy from offering a prayer consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion.’”

    Rob McKenna, former Washington attorney general, had complained that Coach Kennedy was encouraging football players to join him in on-field, post-game prayers.

    Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the high court’s decision that, “The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike.

    "Kennedy prayed during a period when school employees were free to speak with a friend, call for a reservation at a restaurant, check email, or attend to other personal matters. He offered his prayers quietly while his students were otherwise occupied. Still, the Bremerton School District disciplined him anyway.”

    Like Kennedy’s June victory at SCOTUS, the recent stipulation that he must be reinstated with back pay is a great triumph for religious freedom in America.



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    Another win for the first amendment.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post

      I always find these sorts of cases to be entertaining. If he hasn't compelled players (and if players on other teams join freely), I don't particularly see a problem legally.

      The entertaining part is seeing Christians ignore what Jesus himself taught in multiple places in order to make themselves seen praying in highly public places. Modern day Pharisees

      Scripture Verse: Luke 18



      The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector


      9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

      13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

      14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

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      Scripture Verse: Matthew 6



      5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

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      Common but patently absurd criticism, since Jesus Himself, our great Exemplar, frequently prayed in public as well as in private.
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      • #33
        Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
        Jesus prayed publicly upon occasion (Mark 8:6 and John 6:11 for instance). What He was against was people doing it solely so others could see them acting pious. The coach is doing it immediately after an event. When the crowd was leaving and few if any were paying any sort of attention to what might be happening on the field. In such circumstances offering a prayer isn't an issue. It is going out of your way to find an opportunity to show off by praying that was condemned.
        Even intentionally doing it in open view is not necessarily bad. It's about motive. It's fine to do it in line with

        Matt 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people! You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden. People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.


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