A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO STOP PRAYING ON THE FIELD – AND NOW THE SUPREME COURT IS HEARING HIS CASE
COACH JOE KENNEDY CLAIMS THE SCHOOL VIOLATED HIS RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS BUT THE SCHOOL SAYS THEY CAN’T ENDORSE A RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY. FOR SOME, THE CASE SEEMS CUT AND DRIED. THAT’S BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT HAS LONG UPHELD THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE BASED ON THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. THIS HAS APPLIED TO EVERYTHING FROM RELIGIOUS DISPLAYS TO RELIGIOUS SPEECH ON PUBLIC PROPERTY BUT NOW WITH A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY ON THE HIGH COURT – SOME BELIEVE WE COULD SEE A SHIFT IN HOW RELIGION IS PRACTICED IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW THE U.S. HAS NO OFFICIAL RELIGION AND ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH, THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAY RELIGION SHOULD BE KEPT OUT OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? WERE THE LOWER COURTS CORRECT? OR DOES THIS COACH HAVE A CASE TO PRAY ON THE 50? LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW |