by Kate Scanlon, The Washington Examiner
Republican lawmakers and a group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence filed amicus briefs this week asking the Supreme Court to take up the case of a Washington state high school football coach who said he was fired from his job for praying on the 50-yard line after a game.
Per court documents , as a coach for the Bremerton High School football team, Joseph Kennedy would wait until players left the field, then he would take a knee in silent prayer. The superintendent of Bremerton School District sent a letter to Kennedy objecting to his conduct, writing that the coach “neglected his responsibility to supervise what his players were doing” during that time and that his on-field prayer “would lead a reasonable observer to think that the district was endorsing religion.” Following the letter, Kennedy’s contract with the school district was not renewed, resulting in his termination.
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Pence’s organization, Advancing American Freedom, filed an amicus brief alongside dozens of groups and individuals asking the court to take up the case.
Signatories of the Advancing American Freedom brief included Young America’s Foundation, Alliance Defending Freedom, Coalition for Jewish Values, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Seema Verma, the former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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