The U.S. Supreme Court heard opening arguments for a case involving a high school football coach who was put on leave for praying with his team after games.
The focus on the first amendment, in this case, will ultimately come down to whether the amendment guarantees the free exercise of religion and free speech, giving a high school coach the right to pray on the 50-yard line, or whether its—which prohibits the government from making any law"respecting an establishment of religion"—bars it.
The opposing arguments state that Coach Kennedy's prayers should be considered a government endorsement of religion and possible coercion, arguing that Kennedy was violating students' religious freedom when they felt pressured to join him, especially while acting as a public school employee. Richard Katskee, representing the school board, argued that"Mr. Kennedy's actions pressured them [students] to pray."But the court's conservative majority appeared sympathetic towards Kennedy's case, according to Reuters. Justiceargued that because Kennedy did not order his team to"huddle up" as he would do during his normal coaching duties, the team was not required to join in on the prayer at the end of the game.
However, Right Reverend Douglas Avilesbernal, executive minister of the Evergreen Association of American Baptist Churches, said that silence does not imply consent in
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