U.S. Appeals Court to Decide Whether Coach Can Kneel While Student Athletes Pray

A federal appeals court recently heard arguments over a lower court’s ruling that allows a New Jersey high school football coach to kneel or bow his head during student-led team prayers before games.

A lower court had sided last July with East Brunswick School District’s football coach, Marcus Borden, ruling that “taking a knee” is not praying.

In his lawsuit, Borden claimed that that the district violated his free-speech rights when it ordered him to stop kneeling and bowing his head — acts he considered secular signs of respect — during pre-game prayers led by student players.

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