Coach Kennedy

High School Football Coach Files Lawsuit Against School District That Fired Him for Praying

August 9, 2016 • Press Releases

Bremerton, Wash. – Today, former high school football coach Joe Kennedy filed a lawsuit against Bremerton School District (BSD) after the school district terminated him for offering a brief, quiet prayer at the fifty-yard line after high school football games. Read the lawsuit at CoachKennedyFacts.com. In the lawsuit, Coach Kennedy’s […]

School district denies Coach’s request for religious accommodation

BREMERTON, WA, October 26, 2015
October 26, 2015 • Press Releases

Bremerton School District says Coach Joe Kennedy can’t pray alone, silently, at the fifty-yard line after football games; his attorneys announce that they will initiate legal proceedings.

High School Coach Says He Will Pray After the Game in Compliance With the Law

October 15, 2015 •

Tonight at Bremerton’s homecoming game, Coach Joe Kennedy, a Liberty Institute client, plans to personally pray at the 50-yard line following the game, as he has after every high school football game for seven years, despite the school district’s order that he stop. “The school district has no right to […]

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