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Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy poses on the field at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Wash. The high school football coach whose termination for his postgame, on-field prayers was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in June will return to work in Bremerton, Washington, by mid-March, according to a joint stipulation filed by attorneys for both sides. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP, File)

Praying high school football coach back on the field after Supreme Court win

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy, who was suspended for praying at midfield after games, has filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to The Liberty Institute, a Texas-based law firm representing the coach. (Kitsap Sun via Associated Press/File)

Praying high school coach to return to football field in March, judge orders

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy poses on the field at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Wash. The high school football coach whose termination for his postgame, on-field prayers was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in June will return to work in Bremerton, Washington, by mid-March, according to a joint stipulation filed by attorneys for both sides. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP, File)

Praying high school football coach to return to the field by March

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy, who was suspended for praying at midfield after games, has filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to The Liberty Institute, a Texas-based law firm representing the coach. (Kitsap Sun via Associated Press/File)

Praying coach still in legal fight after Supreme Court win

Bremerton High assistant football coach Joe Kennedy, front, walks off the field with his lawyer, right, Oct. 16, 2015, after praying at the 50-yard line following a football game in Bremerton, Wash. After losing his coaching job for refusing to stop kneeling in prayer with players and spectators on the field immediately after football games, Kennedy will take his arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, April 25, 2022, saying the Bremerton School District violated his First Amendment rights by refusing to let him continue praying at midfield after games. (Lindsey Wasson/The Seattle Times via AP) **FILE**

Praying coach hasn’t returned to high school job since the Supreme Court upheld his religious rights

Court right on praying-coach ruling

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy, who was suspended for praying at midfield after games, has filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to The Liberty Institute, a Texas-based law firm representing the coach. (Kitsap Sun via Associated Press/File)

High court allows football coach’s prayer as private religious expression

Bremerton High assistant football coach Joe Kennedy, front, walks off the field with his lawyer, right, Oct. 16, 2015, after praying at the 50-yard line following a football game in Bremerton, Wash. After losing his coaching job for refusing to stop kneeling in prayer with players and spectators on the field immediately after football games, Kennedy will take his arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, April 25, 2022, saying the Bremerton School District violated his First Amendment rights by refusing to let him continue praying at midfield after games. (Lindsey Wasson/The Seattle Times via AP) **FILE**

Supreme Court appears split ideologically over school-prayer dispute after coach was fired

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy poses on the field at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Wash. The high school football coach whose termination for his postgame, on-field prayers was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in June will return to work in Bremerton, Washington, by mid-March, according to a joint stipulation filed by attorneys for both sides. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP, File)

School district argues football coach’s postgame prayer pressured students

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Pence backs football coach blocked from praying on 50-yard line in Supreme Court case

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy poses on the field at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Wash. The high school football coach whose termination for his postgame, on-field prayers was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in June will return to work in Bremerton, Washington, by mid-March, according to a joint stipulation filed by attorneys for both sides. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP, File)

High school football coach takes prayer case to Supreme Court

In this Nov. 5, 2015, photo, former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy poses for a photo at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Wash. A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, that the Bremerton School District does not have to immediately re-hire Kennedy, who lost his job after refusing to stop leading players in prayer on the football field after games. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP) **FILE**

Joe Kennedy, Washington football coach, loses — again — in federal court over prayers with players

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U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy, D-Mass., waves to race fans after completing the 118th Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2014 in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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He also added that he was surprised by the district's response regarding a "closed door" meeting.

Praying coach Joseph Kennedy still in legal fight after Supreme Court win →

Jeremy Dys, senior counsel at First Liberty Institute, which represented coach Joseph Kennedy, agrees that the ruling could be a milestone, but he said the result makes Americans more free, not less.

Academic critics see 'Christian nationalists' dominating Supreme Court after latest prayer ruling →

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