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Praying football coach gets job back, $1.7 million settlement

By Steve Janoski
March 21, 2023

Joseph Kennedy, the Washington state high school football coach who lost his job after leading students in midfield prayers after games, will reportedly collect a $1.7 million settlement and get his job back next season.

The Bremerton school board voted unanimously last week to accept the massive settlement, which follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s split decision last June that Kennedy’s prayer groups were protected by the First Amendment, according to the Seattle Times.

Jeremy Dys, Kennedy’s attorney, told ABC News the coach will return to Bremerton — a small city of about 44,000 just across Puget Sound from Seattle — to resume his football duties.

“Mr. Kennedy will be an assistant football coach for Bremerton High School for the 2023 season,” the district said on its website, adding that it will pay his attorneys in interest-free installments over three fiscal years.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/03/21/praying-football-coach-gets-job-back-1-7-million-settlement/

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Re: Praying football coach gets job back, $1.7 million settlement
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2023, 08:13:48 pm »
Whoever the lawyer is, he/she has a bright future ahead.
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Re: Praying football coach gets job back, $1.7 million settlement
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2023, 09:06:41 pm »
This gives me a very slight glimmer of hope.
Romans 12:16-21

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly, do not claim to be wiser than you are.  Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.  If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all…do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.