Tag Archives: Freedom

Texas Cheerleaders Stand for Their Religious Freedom – Christian Post (blog)

This fall the high school cheerleading squad in Kountze, Texas, population 2100, decided they wanted the banners the football players run through to boast positive and encouraging messages. Instead of painting words like “Trounce the Tigers” or “Massacre …
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Faithful Football: Freedom Academy Cowboys teach purpose, prayer, principles … – The Huntsville Times – al.com (blog)

Both the football team and the cheerleading squad are open, without try-outs, to area homeschool, private and at-risk students. On-going enrollment. Information about supporting the athletic ministry posted at the team’s website: www. …
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Newseum to hold forum honoring Freedom Riders of the civil rights era – The Republic

Once in high school, Paula Stern was told that she couldn’t try out for cheerleading because the squad “already had a Jew.” Racists left death threats in the family’s mailbox after a newspaper story was published about Gerald Stern’s work as a young …
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Freedom Riders at the Newseum to discuss Civil Rights movement – Washington Post

Once in high school, Paula Stern was told that she couldn’t try out for cheerleading because the squad “already had a Jew.” Racists left death threats in the family’s mailbox after a newspaper story was published about Gerald Stern’s work as a young …
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