A case being heard at the Supreme Court could determine whether Americans are free to pray in public, or whether any type of public religious expression can get them fired from their jobs.
Coach Joe Kennedy lost his job for doing just this, after he began praying on the football field in Bremerton School District, and was reprimanded for public displays of his faith.
Kennedy said, “the school district said, you know, you got to basically choose between your faith and your job. That’s when I knew that it got real for me.”
The case could address a central question of whether government employees lose their religious liberties when they’re on the job, or whether freedom of belief is unconditional.
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