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Source: Raw Story
There is ‘no freedom from religion': Parents rally behind WA high school coach who leads post-game prayers
Bethania Palma Markus
15 Sep 2015 at 13:46 ET
A Washington public school district is investigating a high school football coach for leading prayers after games, but the coach is continuing to pray.
Joe Kennedy, the coach at Bremerton High School told King5 that he has always prayed after games, and students have voluntarily joined him. He told supporters the district said he couldn’t lead the players in prayer and he could be fired if he continued to do so. But that hasn’t stopped him, and he hasn’t been fired.
“I spent 20 years in the Marine Corps, and it’s been about protecting the freedom of other people,” Kennedy told King5. “It’s about the freedom, and people can believe whatever they want. I’m just exercising my right. The game is over, and I just thank god for every one of these young men that are out here.”
School district policy falls in line with the Constitution, barring the government from showing religious preference, stating “school staff shall neither encourage nor discourage” prayer. The district investigation is trying to determine what role Kennedy, as a school employee, plays in the prayer, because students are allowed to pray on their own as long as it isn’t disruptive, King5 reports.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/there-is-no-freedom-from-religion-parents-rally-behind-wa-high-school-coach-who-leads-post-game-prayers/
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