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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is about free speech and free exercise of religion.

No student is forced to participate in a post game prayer.  This decision affirms the right for a coach to pray publicly following a game (or before a game).

This does not violate the separation of church and state.  [/quote]

Did you ever play HS sports? When the coach asks the team to participate in a public team prayer, there is a lot of pressure for everyone to participate. The ones who don’t want to do it bow their heads and are silent or mumble. If you are going to object to the prayer you may as well quit the team because you will be treated as a problem. [/quote]

A few players went to Coach Kennedy to express that they were uncomfortable joining the prayer. 
Do you know what he did?
He made them co-captains because he admired their willingness to speak out to him and to express their opinions.  He viewed them as leaders.

If a player feels as if he/she has been pressured..... they can take that case to court.  [/quote]

Still coercive. In essence, his public prayer forces high school kids to declare and defend their religious beliefs in order to play a sport. [/quote]

That is just not true.  There was no coercion.  Nobody has to defend their religious beliefs, or lack of them, in order to play a sport.

The hysteria here is ridiculous.  The only thing wrong with this ruling is that 3 Justices dissented.  [/quote]

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