LGBTQ+ People Threatened as SCOTUS Weakens Separation of Church & State
Above: People pray on the steps of the Supreme Court as the case over school football coach Joseph Kennedy's public prayers is heard.
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe ruling on abortion rights, which overturned Roe v. Wade, isn’t the only concerning one to come out of the U.S.
Supreme Court recently. Several decisions are undermining the separation of church and state, and that has grave implications for LGBTQ+ people.The court ruled Monday that Joseph Kennedy, a public high school football coach in Bremerton, Wash., was within his rights to pray at the 50-yard line after his team’s games, often with students joining him.
He had lost his job for doing so.Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the 6-3 majority opinion, characterized Kennedy’s prayers as a private, noncoercive activity.
