Written by Don Byrd
A high school football coach in North Carolina has agreed to stop leading his team in prayers and baptism, after his superintendent informed him he was violating the constitutional separation of church and state. The Charlotte Observer has more:
[Moorseville High Coach Hal] Capps wasn’t disciplined, the superintendent said, and has written players and their families that he won’t lead the team in any more prayers. Capps didn’t return a request for comment left on his cell phone by the Observer on Thursday.
The foundation wrote the district after it said it received a complaint from a parent of a Mooresville High School student “who objects to religious endorsements” by Capps.
“Students have reported that Coach Capps frequently prays with football players at team events and encourages them to go to church and to become baptized,” the letter says.
Could a coach today not realize that leading his team in prayer and pushing them to accept Christ is an overstep? Either way, good on Capps for hearing and understanding the problem. Too many of these stories end with defiance and lawsuits.
