As we reported last night on the No Spin News, the magazine Sports Illustrated has taken a sharp turn to the left and that has cost them in the marketplace.

 

The latest progressive screed concerns Washington State high school football coach Joe Kennedy who was tortured by school authorities for praying on the field after games. Some of his players voluntarily joined him.

 

After leaving Bremerton High, coach Kennedy sued in federal court alleging his constitutional rights were violated. The Supreme Court began hearing the case this week.

 

Sports Illustrated reporter Greg Bishop is following the situation and wrote this:

 

"SCOTUS will soon rule on the case of a public school football coach who wants to pray on-field after games.  The machine backing him and the expected result (will be) a win for Kennedy and an erosion of a bedrock of American democracy: the separation of church and state."

 

It is actually sad Mr. Bishop does not understand that the phrase "separation of church and state" is not a "bedrock." It is a talking point put forth by Thomas Jefferson and others.

 

The Constitution is clear; the edict is that government cannot impose any kind of religion and that Americans are free to worship as they please - even in public.

 

So, Joe Kennedy is likely to win his case because the Constitution is on his side.

 

Sports Illustrated, however, is only on the secular side. Like ESPN, it has seen many traditional sports fans walk away.

 

Politics and sports is not a good mix. Ask Colin Kaepernick.

 

See you beginning at six eastern tonight for the No Spin News.