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‘Every Word Of This Is False’: Ted Cruz Factchecks Ilhan Omar’s Attack On Coach Kennedy Prayer Case
On Monday night, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) factchecked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after she made multiple false claims about the Supreme Court ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, in which the Court ruled 6-3 that a public high school football coach in Washington state had his First Amendment rights violated when he was punished by his school district for praying on the field after games where students could see.
As previously reported, “In 2008, high school football coach Joseph Kennedy began a tradition of praying at midfield after each game. Over time, his players and even members of the opposing team began to join him. In September 2015, a school administrator addressed the matter with Kennedy after an opposing team complained and the coach briefly stopped his prayers.”
“On October 14, 2015, Kennedy told the school district that he was planning on resuming his prayer tradition at the next game. The school district told the coach that his prayers violated the district’s policy, but Kennedy continued to pray at the next two games. The school district subsequently placed him on administrative leave, banned him from participating in the football program, and refused to renew his contract for the following season. Kennedy took the issue to federal district court, arguing that the school district had violated his First Amendment rights,” the report added.
In response to the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Kennedy, Omar tweeted, “The Supreme Court just ruled that public school teachers can pressure students to join in prayer at public school events but can also retaliate against those that don’t join in. Religious freedom is dead in America.”
“Every word of this is false,” Cruz responded.
Every word of this is false. https://t.co/FSiml1689j
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 28, 2022
Omar’s claim that the Supreme Court’s decision allowed to teachers to “pressure students to join prayer” is false. The Court’s ruling just protected Coach Kennedy’s religious freedom to pray publicly.
Omar was also incorrect in claiming that there would be retaliation against students who did not join Kennedy in prayer – the coach’s tradition of praying after games began with him praying alone at midfield after football games. Kennedy’s school district even noted that Kennedy had “not actively encouraged, or required, participation.”
Additionally, in contrast to Omar’s claim that “religious freedom is dead in America,” the Supreme Court ruling actually strengthened protections of religious freedom.
Writing for the majority opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch explained, “Respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse Republic—whether those expressions take place in a sanctuary or on a field, and whether they manifest through the spoken word or a bowed head.”
“Here, a government entity sought to punish an individual for engaging in a brief, quiet, personal religious observance doubly protected by the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment,” Gorsuch added. “And the only meaningful justification the government offered for its reprisal rested on a mistaken view that it had a duty to ferret out and suppress religious observances even as it allows comparable secular speech. The Constitution neither mandates nor tolerates that kind of discrimination. Mr. Kennedy is entitled to summary judgment on his First Amendment claims.”
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Joyce
April 13, 2021 at 7:47 am
FOX — GET RID OF GERALDO RIVERA!!! That man is totally predictable! His political views are CNN-like at this point. He is just basically an egotistical “name dropper” who is rapidly becoming more and more like Al Sharpton in his “race-baiting” comments — or should I say “riot-baiting”????
Laureyn
April 13, 2021 at 9:08 pm
Amen! There are one too many liberals at FOX NEWS. They need to do some house cleaning.
WILLIAM FLYNN
April 13, 2021 at 9:23 am
Gerry Rivers just never stops with his Racial Rhetoric that stirs up the Black community. His RECKLESS BS regarding the police has gotten to the point where he should NOT be on the FOX Network !! He’s WAY past his time as a “journalist” and there’s NO excuse for his IDIOCY !
Robert W. Boatwright
April 13, 2021 at 9:50 am
I agree with Leo. Let the facts be established first. Geraldo is a sensationalist and his language is inappropriate ( another traffic stop, another warrent, etc.).
Debbie
April 13, 2021 at 9:50 am
I love the new Leo he tells the facts
Blue Boomerang
April 13, 2021 at 10:46 am
Geraldo is race baiting and race hustling as usual. When a black perp kills a white cop, it’s not even covered by liberal news outlets. When a black perp bludgeons an Asian American, when a black perp kills any white person… no coverage whatsoever. ‘White guys with guns’ and ‘white cops killing blacks’ is part and parcel of MSM leftist news narrative. It’s purpose, to create anarchy. It’s incendiary hate mongering. Billions of dollars of damage and countless lives lost over the course of the last 10 months due to BLM race riots egged on by black opinion leaders (you know who there are) fanning the flames of racial hate.
Robert W. Boatwright
April 13, 2021 at 10:52 am
Geraldo is willingly ignorant, ignorant of the facts in the case. No one knows the true facts of the case except for the investigators. He acts as though these unfortunate acts occur daily, and only Black men are targeted by police. Again, Geraldo is willingly ignorant and his language just adds fuel to the fire.
I spent 22 years in the military and I know accidental discharges occur and innocent sailors, Marines, and soldiers are killed or wounded. It is unfortunate this young man died, but it could have been prevented if he had simply complied with the police. Now, that does not excuse the officer’s actions, but Wright’s actions provided the spark that lit the flame.
Judith Robertson
April 13, 2021 at 11:57 am
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F
April 13, 2021 at 1:33 pm
Leo, Thank You for being the voice of reason – not only in this case – but, in evaluating current issues.
Jorge P
April 13, 2021 at 3:47 pm
Geraldo: “Not open season on black men.” Nice way to continue on inciting violence and looting. Meanwhile it’s ok to kill white people. Rivera is only a leftist talking piece, who of course follows no logic.
readbee
April 13, 2021 at 5:13 pm
Stopped tuning to Fox. Realize from when I use to watch that Geraldo is an opportunistic commentator: he always take took the side of the Far-Left Loons and looks silly doing so, but Fox keeps him on the payroll. The Fake News Drivebys are not news organizations but some on TV live to spew the rhetoric of their backers: Loons who want nothing more than see the nation devolve in senseless riots, and the rise of the idiots like those in the DemoRat Party and the Rhinos of the Repubs.
Dominic Ginter
April 14, 2021 at 9:12 am
Dump Rivera he’s always been a liberal in cons.clothing
Susu93
April 14, 2021 at 8:52 pm
Perhaps Geraldo enjoyed that chair to his face.