BY PASTOR PAULA WHITE-CAIN AND PAM BONDI
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that will decide if Americans have the right to express their religion freely, as it considers the case of Joe Kennedy, a high school football coach and veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
As part of his gameday routine, Coach Kennedy silently kneeled in prayer at the 50-yard line following each football game in thanks to God for what his players were able to accomplish. For exercising his constitutional right to express his religious convictions freely, Kennedy was barred from coaching in 2015 and later fired by Washington state’s Bremerton School District.
The America First Policy Institute’s Constitutional Litigation Partnership was proud to file an amicus curiae with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Coach Kennedy’s appeal and the Constitutional right of all Americans to express their deeply-held religious convictions.
