Praying Coach’s Religious Rights Logic Scores With Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled it is likely to side with a praying football coach in the latest dispute seeking to bolster religious rights.

The justices on Monday heard arguments from Joseph Kennedy, who lost his job at a public high school outside Seattle after repeatedly taking a knee alongside his players on the 50-yard line after games.

The coach said the district violated his constitutional rights by punishing what he regards as private religious expression, but the Bremerton School District argued Kennedy’s prayers were becoming a community spectacle and leaving players feeling pressured to join.

The justices struggled to ...