A Georgia high school football coach has been fired after he organized a baptism service for 20 of his players, last month.
Coach Isaac Ferrell was removed as the head football coach at Tattnall County High School for organizing a baptismal ceremony for his players after practice on October 23rd.
Video posted to Facebook shows Pastor Gary Few directing players to sit in a black tub before saying to them, “I baptize you now, my brother, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”
The surrounding players cheer as their teammates are baptized.
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However, others were outraged once the footage became public with one person informing The Freedom from Religion Foundation, an atheist activist group.
Chris Line, the staff attorney for the group, sent a letter to Tattnall County School District Superintendent Kristen Waters on Nov. 1 demanding the incident be investigated.
“The district must refrain from infusing its football program with religion, and coach Ferrell cannot be allowed to preach to student athletes or allow a local pastor to preach to and baptize students,” he
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