Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness...Unless You Can Make Money Doing It

 Bremerton Football Coach in Supreme Court Ruling Hasn't Showed up to Reclaim Job He Was Never Fired From

As we suspected all along, the case involving the football coach in Bremerton, Washington, Joseph Kennedy, wasn't about the prayer meeting itself, or his job.  It was about the political publicity that it could, and now has, generated.  

Kennedy sued the Bremerton school district claiming that he was fired because he refused to comply with their instructions that he should not lead a prayer meeting at the 50 yard line following games.  But, here's the catch, he wasn't fired.  He was suspended, with pay, received the full stipend for coaching for the season, and was offered a renewal on his contract.  He no longer works for the school district as an assistant football coach, not because he was fired, as he claims, but because he never showed up to sign the contract renewal he was offered.  

That wouldn't fit with the narrative that these mean, old liberals were trying to interfere with his religious freedom, even though what he was doing actually contradicted the constitution's establishment clause.  But, and here's where the Supreme Court shows its incompetence and bias, he was not fired for failing to follow their directive.  

So why hasn't he showed up for work?  After all, they did what the court instructed and offered him a contract.  He's on the celebrity speaking circuit, making money off the narrative that he was fired for being a good Christian, when that's not true.  But of course, if those mean old liberals didn't really fire him, then he couldn't claim to be a martyr and he'd have more trouble collecting those donations and hanging out with some of the extremists on the right.  And that would undermine his entire narrative.  

And so, apparently, his narrative is a false one.  

So much for those high school football players and their prayer time at midfield after a game, huh?  Coach got what he wanted, which is earning him a whole heck of a lot more money than he'd have made coaching and praying with those players.  That, plus a little bit of fame and influence, ranks a lot higher on his value list than his coaching responsibilities, which he could have had if he'd just come back and signed his agreement.  

So where does that leave the students, their football team and their center field prayer time?  

This is a common M.O. among this brand of Evangelical Christian.  Faith is for producing revenue, not for genuine practice.  And this is a perfect illustration of exactly what this coach valued, and where he wants to be.