"If you work for me, you will think and act like me." - Ummm. NO.

My reaction to http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/30/high-school-football-coach-on-leave-for-praying-attends-game-prays-with/

Sad that the school administrators think they can control a teachers activity and public expression 24/7/365. Are teachers really restricted from public expression of thier beliefs when on thier own time? The students are not compelled or forced to join. Niether is anyone solicited or asked. The couch just went out and prayed. In a public space. While off the clock.

"Kennedy has prayed before and after games since 2008, but was only asked to stop recently after the practice came to the district's attention."

Yep a guy over the past 7 years prays unsolicited and on his own time in a public space and that offends some people so much that in a whim of emotional attention grabbing, a small group of students and at least 1 teacher decide to manipulate members of another religion (members of the Satanic Temple of Seattle) as pawns to supposedly "prove thier point".

They obviously either missed something in that American Government class about free speach and expression or they are not being taught the constitution. Take for instance this snippet:

Senior class president, Abe Bartlett, said he was among those who invited the Satanists.

"The main reason I did it (invite the Satanists) is to portray to the school district that I think we should either have a policy that we (ie. student leaders, administrators, faculty and staff) are not going to have any religious affiliation or public religious practices, or they should say people are going to be allowed to practice their religion publicly whatever their beliefs," the 17-year-old told the Associated Press Wednesday.

Obviously this 17 year old knows very little about constitutional law. Public religious expressions are already protected by the law. The contitution bars the government and its public organizations from infringing on those practices. It would be against the law for a public school to bar its members from religious affiliation and public practice / expession of the same esspecially when it is off the clock and noone is compelled or even asked to join in. That goes for Christian and Satanist alike.

Just because you are employed or affiliated with an organization that gives you a paycheck does not mean you are an indentured servant to be subjegated in action and thought by them.

This was a sad attempt to cause controversy by a small group of people.