School Told Football Coach Not To Pray With Team Before Games, So He Does THIS Instead Coach Joe Kennedy from the Bremerton School District has come under fire for conduct a post-game prayer. The Desert Storm and Desert Shield veteran is now under investigation by the district. The problem began when Kennedy received a three-page letter forbidding him from praying before and after games. All of a sudden, I realized that people who work for the public schools dont have the same constitutional rights that everyone else has, Kennedy concluded, citing the fact that he has spent two decades in the military defending the Constitution. If students engage in religious activity, school staff may not take any action likely to be perceived by a reasonable observer, who is aware of the history and context of such activity at BHS, as endorsement of that activity, the superintendent wrote in defense. Now, Kennedy and the district are involved in a full-blown legal battle. And Kennedy has no intentions of stopping prayers in the meantime. Im not a guy who hides in a corner and does a secret prayer to God, Kennedy concluded. Im very open about my faith everywhere I go. What do you think? Do you support Kennedy for standing up for what he believes in? 