The Supreme Court is poised to side with a praying coach
A high-school football coach who knelt at the 50-yard line may get his job back
AMERICA’S CONSTITUTION promises the “free exercise” of religion; it also prohibits religious “establishment”. Recently the Supreme Court has been strengthening the first guarantee—a right to live one’s faith free from government meddling—while chipping away at the wall separating church from state. The divergent trend lines of these First Amendment guarantees are unlikely to converge in the case of Joseph Kennedy, a devout Christian American-football coach who was suspended for praying after games in Washington state.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “An almighty win?”
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