Joe Kennedy Archives

Washington elementary school won’t permit prayer club after approving LGBT ‘pride’ club

Attorneys argued that the school violated the First Amendment by denying the prayer club while approving a pro-LGBT club, highlighting a bias against religious expression.

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Sarah Holliday

• May 2, 2024May 2, 2024

Football coach who prayed on field resigns, citing retaliation from school forced to take him back

Bremerton High School’s head coach allegedly 'told the players to stay away from' Joseph Kennedy.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Sep 8, 2023

High school football coach fired for praying with players rehired, awarded nearly $2 million

The reinstatement and financial settlement come nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor and nearly eight years after his initial 2015 firing.

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Jack Bingham

• Mar 21, 2023Mar 22, 2023

Supreme Court upholds high school coach’s right to pray at football games

'The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike.'

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Calvin Freiburger

• Jun 27, 2022Jun 27, 2022

Supreme Court hears case of high school football coach fired for praying at 50-yard line

After being fired for praying on the field, coach Joe Kennedy has been battling the decision in the courts for years. Now, the Supreme Court has signaled it may come to his defense.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Apr 25, 2022Apr 26, 2022

Coach fired for praying with high school team should be allowed to do so: GOP attorneys general

Coach Joe Kennedy lost his appeal at the Ninth Circuit, but Republican attorneys general see hope in Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

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Matt Lamb

• Oct 20, 2021Apr 22, 2024

Trump criticizes liberals’ ‘growing totalitarian impulse’ as he vows to protect school prayer

'The government must never stand between the people and God,' Trump said as he promised to protect the First Amendment and the rights of students to pray in school.

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Claire Chretien and Doug Mainwaring

• Jan 17, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Coach not allowed to pray silently after high school football game, appeals court rules

The Ninth Circuit Court upheld a ruling that prevents Joe Kennedy from praying on the job as a public school employee.

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Fr. Mark Hodges

• Aug 28, 2017Jun 18, 2021

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Articles tagged Joe Kennedy

Washington elementary school won’t permit prayer club after approving LGBT ‘pride’ club

Football coach who prayed on field resigns, citing retaliation from school forced to take him back

High school football coach fired for praying with players rehired, awarded nearly $2 million

Supreme Court upholds high school coach’s right to pray at football games

Supreme Court hears case of high school football coach fired for praying at 50-yard line

Coach fired for praying with high school team should be allowed to do so: GOP attorneys general

Trump criticizes liberals’ ‘growing totalitarian impulse’ as he vows to protect school prayer

Coach not allowed to pray silently after high school football game, appeals court rules