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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.
BREMERTON, Washington (LifeSiteNews) –– After a years-long legal battle, Christian high school assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy has been reinstated to his position and awarded nearly $2 million after he was fired for leading players in prayer after each game.
“Mr. Kennedy will be an assistant football coach for Bremerton High School for the 2023 season,” the Bremerton School District in Washington said in a March 6 statement on its website. “Mr. Kennedy has completed human resources paperwork and we are awaiting the results of his fingerprinting and background check.”
Less than two weeks after the announcement of his rehiring, the district announced March 16 that it had accepted a $1.78 million settlement with Kennedy.
The reinstatement and financial settlement comes nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor, and nearly eight years after his initial 2015 firing.
“Here, a government entity sought to punish an individual for engaging in a personal religious observance, based on a mistaken view that it has a duty to suppress religious observances even as it allows comparable secular speech. The Constitution neither mandates nor tolerates that kind of discrimination,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the court’s June 27 majority opinion.
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BREMERTON, Washington (LifeSiteNews) –– After a years-long legal battle, Christian high school assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy has been reinstated to his position and awarded nearly $2 million after he was fired for leading players in prayer after each game.
“Mr. Kennedy will be an assistant football coach for Bremerton High School for the 2023 season,” the Bremerton School District in Washington said in a March 6 statement on its website. “Mr. Kennedy has completed human resources paperwork and we are awaiting the results of his fingerprinting and background check.”
Less than two weeks after the announcement of his rehiring, the district announced March 16 that it had accepted a $1.78 million settlement with Kennedy.
The reinstatement and financial settlement comes nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor, and nearly eight years after his initial 2015 firing.
“Here, a government entity sought to punish an individual for engaging in a personal religious observance, based on a mistaken view that it has a duty to suppress religious observances even as it allows comparable secular speech. The Constitution neither mandates nor tolerates that kind of discrimination,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the court’s June 27 majority opinion.
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High school football coach fired for praying with players rehired, awarded nearly $2 million - LifeSite
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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