Satanists to give invocation at high school football game

[GoHalos1993]

It would be funnier if it were a Muslim prayer

[robvalue]

Nice work Satanists! Another slam dunk. Seriously you entitled pricks, just keep it in your pants and pray by yourself.

If the Satanist group is busy  or prior engagement at game time, maybe the Priapist Movement could do a service ??

What does Anusius' calendar look like?

It looks pretty disgusting.

[John V]

If the school district prevents Kennedy from praying publicly or disciplines or discharges him accordingly, we will withdraw our Invocation request.

“We will be at Thursday’s game doing a postgame Satanic invocation on the field if Coach (Joe) Kennedy continues to pray,” said Lilith Starr, head of The Satanic Temple of Seattle. “We won’t step on the field if he is stopped or doesn’t pray.”

Let them both do their thing.

Face it, the satanists don't really want equal time for their beliefs...they want no time for any beliefs. If they're both allowed to pray, the satanists will soon grow tired of it and stop coming.

[jenny1972]

update :

the Bremerton School District placed coach Joe Kennedy on paid leave until he agrees not to pray while on duty as a coach. In a four-page statement Wednesday that appeared to have been written by lawyers, the Bremerton School District said it was placing the football coach on paid administrative leave over a prayer controversy that’s gone nationwide.

The school district made the announcement yesterday in a letter posted to their website. “While the District appreciates Kennedy’s many positive contributions to the BHS football program, and therefore regrets the necessity of this action, Kennedy’s conduct poses a genuine risk that the District will be liable for violating the federal and state constitutional rights of students or others,” the letter says. “For this reason, Kennedy will not be allowed to further violate the District’s directives.”

Responding to the letter and the paid leave, Mike Berry (senior counsel at the Liberty Institute) said his organization is “defending and preserving religious liberty in America. We’re prepared to take the necessary legal actions to defend Coach Kennedy’s religious freedom,” Berry said. “His religious expression is not something he should hide or be ashamed of. The letter follows a public announcement from the Satanic Temple of Seattle stating they’d be attending the game and potentially offering an invocation at the request of a student. They offered that given the inaction by Bremerton High School in stopping Kennedy from engaging in Christian prayer, the school opened up the venue to other forms of religious expression.

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another "persecuted christian"

[brewer]

The only mistake they made was "paid leave". Wonder how long he will get paid? Do they have a male Kim Davis on their hands?

[The Valkyrie]

Honestly, he should have been sacked.

[The Grand Nudger]

Oh cmon, have a heart, lol.  Told politely to stop, by his boss. Seems like he was...and he's currently on leave until he agrees (what a douchenozzle).

[TheRealJoeFish]

I would much rather see the satanists do their thing too. But oh well.

[MentalGiant]

I can never tell how many "Satanists" are genuinely devout and how many are just doing a tongue in cheek parody of religion.

Are all Satanists Poes?

http://www.churchofsatan.com/affiliation.php

This should sum it up.