Members of the Project 21 Black leadership network praised a landmark win for religious freedom and free speech, as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a school district wrongly fired a high school football coach who prayed at the conclusion of a game.
on a brief filed by Advancing American Freedom – an organization founded by former Vice President Mike Pence – and Young America’s Foundation.
The brief called the lower court ruling against Coach Kennedy “flat wrong.” It further noted that it was “absurd to label an act of obvious personal gratitude and humility governmental speech that is prohibited by the Constitution” and that Americans’ expressions of personal speech cannot violate the Constitution’s Establishment Clause “simply because the public can see them.”
“The First Amendment protects every American’s right to freely exercise their faith. Today we confirmed that everyone includes public school coaches,” said Project 21. “Prayer is essential to the Christian faith, as we are called to pray without ceasing. Coach Kennedy’s practice of praying after football games should have been celebrated as a picture of religious diversity. Instead, he was discriminated against and fired for simply practicing his right under the First Amendment.
“A football coach praying by himself on the 50-yard line of the field outside of official gameplay and apart from his official coaching duties is an obvious exercise of a personally held religious belief. We shouldn’t even be here,” said Project 21 member. “If students, athletes, players from other teams or even a casual bystander wanted to join in, they could. If not, they wouldn’t. The fact that Coach Kennedy’s right to pray was even in question is a sign that America is way off track.
“The Constitution is clear that ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,’” Mobley added. “This means no state-sponsored religions, or state-mandated religious activity ‘or prohibiting the free exercise thereof’ – meaning no government restrictions on religious activities. None. Zero. Even the most casual observer must take notice of the obvious double-standard that has been applied to religions deemed as oppressive – namely Christianity.
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