SW News: Joe Kennedy, the former football coach at Bremerton School in the United States, who was suspended by school district officials over post-game prayers on the field, has officially been reinstated, five months after the Supreme Court's verdict in his favor.

The school’s official website has announced that Kennedy would serve as the football coach for the 2023 season and that after the required paperwork is completed, he would also be included in the coaching staff communication and meetings "as with any other assistant coach."

Kennedy had been seen praying on his knees on the 50-yard line for 7 years until his suspension in 2015. Spectators said that this routine did not last for more than a minute. In an interview with ABC News, after he was suspended, Kennedy said, "It was my covenant between me and God that after every game, win or lose, I'm going to do it right there on the field of battle." This private act became a public spectacle when players voluntarily joined him on the field during the games.

However, some of the players’ parents objected to the practice. A parent raised concern, stating that the practice posed a threat to minorities and unbelievers, as they feel "pressured into doing something that they don’t fundamentally agree with."

The Supreme Court brought the eight-year fight to an end in November 2022, ruling in Kennedy’s favor saying that he "deserves the right to exercise his religion under the first amendment," which protects free speech and free exercise of religion.

According to legal experts, this ruling would enable government employees nationwide to practice their faith more openly, even while on the job.