Joe Kennedy – ClarkCountyToday.com https://www.clarkcountytoday.com Your News Source with Integrity Thu, 07 Sep 2023 01:23:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-Andis-CCT-Icon-NEW-170522-01-1-36x36.jpg Joe Kennedy – ClarkCountyToday.com https://www.clarkcountytoday.com 32 32 Praying Bremerton HS football coach Joe Kennedy resigns after one-game return https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/praying-bremerton-hs-football-coach-joe-kennedy-resigns-after-one-game-return/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=praying-bremerton-hs-football-coach-joe-kennedy-resigns-after-one-game-return https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/praying-bremerton-hs-football-coach-joe-kennedy-resigns-after-one-game-return/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2023 01:18:05 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=142790 Joe Kennedy’s return as an assistant football coach at Bremerton High School didn’t last long – just one game. On Tuesday, Kennedy announced his resignation from the coaching staff on his personal website. Kennedy was fired in 2015 for leading post-game prayers in the center of the field, resulting in an eight-year legal battle with the Bremerton School District over his dismissal.

Joe Kennedy’s return as an assistant football coach at Bremerton High School didn’t last long – just one game. On Tuesday, Kennedy announced his resignation from the coaching staff on his personal website. Kennedy was fired in 2015 for leading post-game prayers in the center of the field, resulting in an eight-year legal battle with the Bremerton School District over his dismissal.]]> https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/praying-bremerton-hs-football-coach-joe-kennedy-resigns-after-one-game-return/feed/ 4 POLL: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a fired Bremerton football coach’s free speech case this week. Should a coach at a public school have the right to a brief, silent and solitary prayer in front of students and others? https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/poll-the-u-s-supreme-court-ruled-in-favor-of-a-fired-bremerton-football-coachs-free-speech-case-this-week-should-a-coach-at-a-public-school-have-the-right-to-a-brief-silent-and-solitary-prayer-i/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poll-the-u-s-supreme-court-ruled-in-favor-of-a-fired-bremerton-football-coachs-free-speech-case-this-week-should-a-coach-at-a-public-school-have-the-right-to-a-brief-silent-and-solitary-prayer-i https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/poll-the-u-s-supreme-court-ruled-in-favor-of-a-fired-bremerton-football-coachs-free-speech-case-this-week-should-a-coach-at-a-public-school-have-the-right-to-a-brief-silent-and-solitary-prayer-i/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:38:52 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=117945 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a fired Bremerton football coach's free speech case this week. Should a coach at a public school have the right to a brief, silent and solitary prayer in front of students and others?

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a fired Bremerton football coach's free speech case this week. Should a coach at a public school have the right to a brief, silent and solitary prayer in front of students and others?]]> https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/poll-the-u-s-supreme-court-ruled-in-favor-of-a-fired-bremerton-football-coachs-free-speech-case-this-week-should-a-coach-at-a-public-school-have-the-right-to-a-brief-silent-and-solitary-prayer-i/feed/ 0 Supreme Court rules on coach’s right to pray at school games https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/supreme-court-rules-on-coachs-right-to-pray-at-school-games/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supreme-court-rules-on-coachs-right-to-pray-at-school-games https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/supreme-court-rules-on-coachs-right-to-pray-at-school-games/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:13:49 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=117640 Football coach Joe Kennedy was fired by the Bremerton School District for regularly kneeling for prayer after football games. Photo courtesy First Liberty

A high school football coach fired by his district for his brief, solitary prayers following his team's football games has won his free speech fight at the U.S. Supreme Court.]]> https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/supreme-court-rules-on-coachs-right-to-pray-at-school-games/feed/ 3 Supremes hear case of coach fired by school for praying https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/supremes-hear-case-of-coach-fired-by-school-for-praying/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supremes-hear-case-of-coach-fired-by-school-for-praying https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/supremes-hear-case-of-coach-fired-by-school-for-praying/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:33:31 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=113807 The case of a high-school football coach, a Christian, who knelt at the 50-yard-line after each game, win or lose, to thank God was argued Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The case of a high-school football coach, a Christian, who knelt at the 50-yard-line after each game, win or lose, to thank God was argued Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court.]]> https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/supremes-hear-case-of-coach-fired-by-school-for-praying/feed/ 8