The story of the praying Bremerton coach keeps getting more surreal

[douglas9]

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that Bremerton assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy had the right to pray on the field, it wasn’t widely understood then that the court had also ordered the school district to give him his job back.

The day of the ruling, Fox News host Sean Hannity expressed doubts the district would follow through. But one of Kennedy’s lawyers clarified that they had no choice: “We’re ready to have that fight. If they want to defy the Supreme Court, I think they’re gonna realize they made a serious mistake.”

Kennedy was sunnier about it all.

“As soon as the school district says ‘Hey, come back,’ I am there, first flight,” he said.

So the school district has been flummoxed about what’s happened since. They complied by offering to reinstate him, they say, and now the football season is in full swing. But Kennedy is nowhere near the sidelines.

“He’s had the paperwork for his reinstatement since August 8th, and we haven’t gotten so much as a phone call,” says Karen Bevers, spokesperson for Bremerton schools.

Instead, as the Bremerton Knights were prepping for the season in August, Kennedy was up in Alaska, meeting with former Vice President Mike Pence and evangelist Franklin Graham. On the eve of the first game, which the Knights won, Kennedy was in Milwaukee being presented with an engraved .22-caliber rifle at an American Legion convention.


https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/the-story-of-the-praying-bremerton-coach-keeps-getting-more-surreal/

[Ray Bruns]

1. Typical repug grifter

[chowder66]

10. +1

[yankee87]

14. Send money

As always, the con is on

[modrepub]

2. His Old Salary Is Modest

He's probably making more on the circuit than he made as an assistant coach.

[Biophilic]

3. I keep trying to stay caught up, but I feel like I'm just getting farther and farther behind

in trying to keep track of these stories. There are so many of them that make no sense (or the sense that they make I honestly don't want to acknowledge because it would just seriously depress me). And, they just keep getting weirder and weirder. I'm afraid if I start to rant I won't be able to stop. Sigh

[BarbD]

9. You're not the only one confused. How many ways can we experience outrage?

It's exhausting. Where is my chocolate?

[Midnight Writer]

4. How are you going to keep them down on the farm once they've seen gay Paree?

[eppur_se_muova]

5. So fire him for non-attendance, same as any employee anywhere. nt

[intheflow]

7. Yassssss! This!! n/t

[not fooled]

6. Cashing in!

He served his purpose as a useful tool for the Far Reich to advance their Christofascist ideology.

[OMGWTF]

8. JFC on a Peloton! How long before he runs for office?

[Warpy]

11. Somebody made him a better offer

but the school is afraid to terminate him because they don't want more legal bills if they do and he objects, which he most likely would.

That has put them into a bind.

Meanwhile, he sounds like another grifter going "Glory Gee to Beezus!" as he looks at the bottom line in his bank statement.

[smb]

12. So Fire Him For Not Showing Up For Work -- Problem Solved nt

[TNNurse]

13. Fraud

[TeamProg]

15. Performative .. no substance n/t

[czarjak]

16. Praise the Lord and pass the payola?