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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Why this Supreme Court case could result in ‘the greatest loss of religious freedom in generations’

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A public high school football coach in Washington state gathered players at the 50-yard line to kneel, bow their heads and pray. The school district repeatedly asked him to move his prayer to somewhere less conspicuous, as to avoid the appearance of the school’s endorsement of a religious view.

He refused and argued that the school violated his religious freedom, and a prominent right-wing legal group took up his case, which is now before the US Supreme Court.

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