In 2015, religious freedom seemed compromised when a Washington high school football coach was fired for praying with his team after a game.
Joe Kennedy waited roughly six years for the Supreme Court to hear the oral arguments for his case. He was represented by a Christian nonprofit legal organization, First Liberty Institute, which took the position that “no teacher or coach should lose their job for simply expressing their faith while in public.” This was a notable case in 2022, and recent events have caused the issue to resurface.
Earlier this year, Laura, an 11-year-old girl who attends Creekside Elementary in Washington state, requested to start an interfaith prayer club at her school. But her request was denied.
When Laura and her mom approached the principal about the matter in February, they were informed that the school’s budget for clubs had been…
