Bremerton football coach fired for praying on the field reinstated into old position

BREMERTON, Wash. - The Bremerton assistant football coach who was fired for praying on the field several years ago has been reinstated to his old p...

March 14, 2023
10:04 AM

BREMERTON, Wash. - The Bremerton assistant football coach who was fired for praying on the field several years ago has been reinstated to his old position with the high school, the district told FOX 13.  Joseph Kennedy's case about his firing made it all the way up to the Supreme Court-- with the court ruling 6-3 in favor of the coach getting his job back. In an August 2022 ruling, the justices said Kennedy's right to pray on the field was protected by the First Amendment. In October 2022, a court filing stated that the Bremerton School District must hire him back by March 2023.

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