Kentucky
The Barren County Schools system will no longer allow coaches and staff to give a pregame prayer on the field before football games.
FFRF learned that a prayer took place at midfield before Barren County High’s Sept. 20 game against Glasgow. Both teams appeared to have formed a large circle, and a coach or other adult was at the center of the circle.
“Coaches are free to express their religious beliefs however they wish outside of their roles as public school coaches, but they cannot use their position to foist their personal religious beliefs onto students,” FFRF Staff Attorney Sammi Lawrence wrote.
The district’s superintendent, Amy Irwin, responded to FFRF’s claim in early November. “I have addressed the concerns contained in your letter and consider the matter to be resolved,” she wrote.
