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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A high school football coach in Washington state who won his job back after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field resigned Wednesday after just one game back.

Assistant Bremerton High School coach Joe Kennedy made the announcement on his website, citing several reasons, including that he needed to care for an ailing family member out of state. He had been living full-time in Florida, and before the first game last Friday he said he didn’t know if he’d continue coaching.

“I believe I can best continue to advocate for constitutional freedom and religious liberty by working from outside the school system so that is what I will do,” Kennedy wrote. “I will continue to work to help people understand and embrace the historic ruling at the heart of our case.”

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 191 points 1 year ago

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.”

[-] nautilus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 1 year ago

they really don’t like it when you hit ‘em with the Matthew 6:5

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Or any Bible verse that contradicts their actions.

[-] TruTollTroll@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

thats taken out of context

Oh really, how?! Lmao 🤣

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Because they never see themselves as hypocritical.

[-] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's when you follow up with the Austin 3:16

[-] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Which preceded the ass whooping.

[-] downpunxx@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

The Nazis always show you who they are

[-] nautilus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

careful, wouldn’t want to get lashings from the edge on this one

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[-] Blackbeard@lemmy.world 123 points 1 year ago

It was never about his job. It was always about putting Christianity back on a pedestal and the rest of us back in the shadows.

Fuck him.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Openly pray to Satan in school, since it's perfectly legal

[-] Killing_Spark@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

No sir I am allowed to slaughter that goat in the middle of the classroom. It's my noon-prayer ritual

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago

I believe I can best continue to advocate for constitutional freedom and religious liberty by working from outside the school system so that is what I will do

Damnit, he's going to run for Congress.

[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 36 points 1 year ago

Yep, the grift continues.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 23 points 1 year ago

Fucking exactly... These chucklefucks are like influencers for right wing media obsessed morons.

God I hate this timeline.

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[-] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Or he’s getting a job with Newsmax or something similar.

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[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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[-] Zirconium@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

"can best continue to advocate for constitutional freedom and religious liberty by" ostracizing other religious beliefs and making those students feel uncomfortable

[-] jprjr@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago

This is the part that gets skipped.

It wasn't him just going out and saying a little, quiet prayer to himself. I wouldn't give a shit about that, I don't think anybody would. You do you.

He was bringing a ton of students into the fold. The whole team was praying with him.

He claimed that it wasn't required or expected but come on. You know damn well if you were a player on the team and you're the only guy not praying, you're gonna have a bad time.

[-] st3ph3n@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Something tells me that you would also have found yourself quickly dropped from the team.

[-] archiotterpup@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

Love how SCOTUS misrepresented facts in this case. Thanks Cardinal Alito and Cult Lady Barrett.

[-] TruTollTroll@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Just Like the lady who recently claimed an LGBTQ couple wanted her business to serve them against her religious beliefs and then we all found out there was no such real customers? She had made up the situation to go to the courts and they still sided with her!!?

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[-] commandar@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Wasn't this one where they just outright invented 'facts' wholesale?

[-] HallowellNash@kbin.social 49 points 1 year ago

He just decided that "victimhood" pays better than coaching that's all. It's just Economics.

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He's always was just another Republican snowflake looking for attention, by doing what the Bible says not to fucking do btw, and money.

Fuck this fake ass Republican bigot, racist, and honestly shitty fake ass Christian.

[-] sucricdrawkcab@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

In other words "news" outlets are paying him more to be on TV as a mouthpiece. C'mon now buddy, almost everyone knows the hustle now.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Wonder what happens if a coach bows and prays to Satan on the field, will his rights be respected too?

[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure it was a political stunt from the start.

[-] missveeronica@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

This is actually common. My brother in law lost his state job when he enlisted in the National Guard. They claimed it was for another reason, but his issues with managing didn't start until he announced he had enlisted. He sued, won and got his job back after boot camp. His first day back he turned in his 2 Weeks notice. For these cases it's just proving the point and winning the right to go.out on their own terms.

[-] JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is a very misleading article and leaves out the (key) first part of his statement:

"[I]t is apparent that the reinstatement ordered by the Supreme Court will not be fully followed after a series of actions meant to diminish my role and single me out in what I can only believe is retaliation by the school district," Kennedy wrote.

They're welcome to try to sue for defamation if he's lying, but I suspect he'll end up winning a pretty penny in a lawsuit of his own.

[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can compare what actually happened with what he said. From another article with more info on that:

A divided Supreme Court ultimately ruled that Kennedy had a right to pray under free speech and exercise clauses as long as he wasn’t coercing others to join him.

After the ruling, the district wrote a policy that allows coaches to pray while not actively supervising players if the coaches keep their distance from students when the prayers begin. After that, students can join if they choose.

“I can’t tell them to or not to,” Kennedy acknowledged last week. “If they want to join, cool. If they don’t, cool.”

No students did so at Friday’s game against the Mount Douglas Rams, from Victoria, B.C. A larger-than-normal crowd suggested Kennedy’s supporters showed up, but none stormed the field to join him in prayer, as happened at a 2015 homecoming game. A scattering of applause accompanied the coach’s kneeling at the 50-yard line.

Kennedy quit his full-time job at the Bremerton shipyard before moving to Florida. With his newfound celebrity, he has a promotional website, a book coming out in October and a movie about his life in the works. He speaks to political and religious groups, and says politicians including Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, have courted him for his endorsement.

Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/praying-bremerton-football-coach-joe-kennedy-quits-after-one-game/

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

A movie about his life?

What a prideful piece of shit lol

[-] TruTollTroll@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

And It will be as trustworthy as the blindside was/is

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[-] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

a series of actions meant to diminish my role and single me out in what I can only believe is retaliation by the school district

Do we know what actions these are? Otherwise this quote is meaningless.

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