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.”
“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.”
they really don’t like it when you hit ‘em with the Matthew 6:5
That’s when you follow up with the Austin 3:16
Which preceded the ass whooping.
The Nazis always show you who they are
careful, wouldn’t want to get lashings from the edge on this one
This is not a prohibition for public prayer, despite~~ reddit’s~~lemmy’s inclination to always quote this whenever public prayer is mentioned
This dude is obviously showboating as the scripture describes. There’s no reason to go out on the middle of the field and kneel other than “look at me!”
It also doesn’t help that he peer pressured his students into doing the same.
It may not be a prohibition against public prayer (though Jesus goes on to say that when you pray you should do so in an inner room of your own home), but it is absolutely an admonition about exactly the behavior of this coach, who would go kneel in the middle of the field and pray for show.
It’s not a sin. It won’t land you in hell. But I would say it’s a prohibition, if you take into account that it’s said by literally god.
I’m not steeped in theology but I thought acting against one of God’s prohibitions is what a sin is. What distinguishes the two?
What distinguishes the two? Likely whatever’s most convenient in the moment, I’m guessing
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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.
Openly pray to Satan in school, since it’s perfectly legal
No sir I am allowed to slaughter that goat in the middle of the classroom. It’s my noon-prayer ritual
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.
Yep, the grift continues.
Fucking exactly… These chucklefucks are like influencers for right wing media obsessed morons.
God I hate this timeline.
No like about it
“can best continue to advocate for constitutional freedom and religious liberty by” ostracizing other religious beliefs and making those students feel uncomfortable
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.
Something tells me that you would also have found yourself quickly dropped from the team.
He just decided that “victimhood” pays better than coaching that’s all. It’s just Economics.
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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.
Ah a little antisemitism thrown in, this fucking cunt is a real christofascist peach
That’s from the Bible though Matthew 6:5. All churches were called synagogues back then. It’s not anti-Semitic. The commenter above is quoting this to show that the Bible frowns upon performative praying as this coach is doing.
calling those praying in synagogues hypocrites is the dictionary definition of antisemitism, cunt
Was Jesus an anti-Semite?!?
Early Christians prayed in synagogues since they were Jews who recognized Jesus as their savior. Also the quote is not calling everyone who prays in a synagogue a hypocrite. But people who stand up praying loudly. Asshole
Imagine being this stupid.
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.
Wonder what happens if a coach bows and prays to Satan on the field, will his rights be respected too?
Pretty sure it was a political stunt from the start.
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.
He is free to do as he wants, just like everyone else. If he wants to pray, he can pray.
What he is not free to do is require (or pressure) players on his team to take part in the prayer, or make it seem as though it is an officially endorsed action by the public school system. But he absolutely has the freedom to pray whenever he wants for whatever he wants.
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It sounds like you aren’t familiar with any prior articles related to this coach.
People pray out loud all the time…
It wasn’t like that, he was forcing players to pray, they didn’t have to option to object or they would be kicked off the team.
Based on the information from the court case, they didn’t find evidence of that
But it was asserted there was social pressure to do so.
