A judge has issued a temporary injunction allowing for a Texas high school cheerleading squad to display banners with Bible verses on them during football games. District Judge Steve Thomas issued the injunction Thursday on behalf of the cheerleaders at …
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Texas leaders support cheerleaders’ biblical signs – Houston Chronicle (blog)
“The First Amendment does not demand hostility toward religion,” Abbott said at a Wednesday news conference with Perry to announce that Texas is intervening in the lawsuit to support the Kountze High cheerleading squad. The two state leaders were …
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Texas cheerleaders can keep their biblical banners for now: judge – New York Daily News
The polarizing posters were temporarily banned at the cheer squad’s public high school last month, but a judge reinstated their use and granted another two week extension Thursday as he decides whether they violate the First Amendment. “We’re fighting for …
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Texas fight over cheerleader banners reaches biblical proportions – Los Angeles Times
Two days later, a dozen of the 17-member varsity cheerleading squad and three middle-school cheerleaders who also use such banners sued the school district in Hardin County District Court. Churches held rallies for them. Advocates petitioned the Texas …
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