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SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state high school assistant football coach who was suspended for praying at midfield after games has filed a discrimination complaint. The Liberty Institute, a Texas-based law firm representing coach Joe Kennedy, says he filed the complaint Tuesday with the U.S. E...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Congressional Prayer Caucus is denouncing a Seattle-area school district's suspension of an assistant football coach for praying at midfield after games. In a House speech yesterday, Virginia Republican Randy Forbes said the Bremerton School District was violating Coach Joe Kennedy's religious rights...

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state high school coach on paid leave because he refused to stop praying on the field prayed in front of the bleachers after attending the football game. Coach Joe Kennedy hugged players before the Thursday game and watched from the stands, talking with media at halftime and kneeling down to pray with a group of people who shouted "Amen" when he finis