Dear Superintendent Aaron Leavell,

I take great exception to your position against football coach Joe Kennedy, who also happens to be a devoted Christian, whose faith obviously upsets you personally in your over–the–top reaction to his leading prayer. Your reprehensible and irresponsible diatribe that would instruct anyone, inside or outside of your administration, that he or she is “to avoid kneeling, bowing his head or doing anything that could remotely be seen as religious” . . . and calling such actions as “engaging in overt, public and demonstrative religious conduct” is not only ludicrous, but a malicious violation of the First Amendment. My hope is that your actions will not only be defeated and embarrassed in the court of jurisdiction but also in the court of public opinion and that the good people of Bremerton will lobby for your immediate resignation for such offensive instructions.

Sincerely,
Don Kimbro
Albuquerque, New Mexico