At some point, the cheerleading squad at Kountze High School in Texas began inscribing the banners at football games with Bible verses such as “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me!” To the cheerleaders’ way of thinking, the banners are …
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Judge allows Texas cheerleader squad to use Bible banners – Windsor Star
A Texas high school cheerleading team may continue using religious scriptures on banners at football games for now, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, saying the students had a constitutional right to express their faith on school property. The ruling over the …
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Texas Cheerleaders With Religious Banners Granted Temporary Injunction – KCEN-TV
The controversy began when the cheerleading squad at Kountze High School was ordered by the superintendent of the Kountze Independent School District said it had to stop displaying the banners because the district received a complaint. The complaint …
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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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Freedom From Religion Foundation Takes On Texas Cheerleaders – Patheos (blog)
According to an ABC News story, a cheerleading squad at Kountze High School, near Beaumont Texas were in the habit of holding up banners with Bible verses painted on them. Enter the Freedom From Religion Foundation of Madison Wisconsin.
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West Texas A&M Homecoming: Son follows in mother’s high-spirited footsteps – LubbockOnline.com
Yarbrough and other former cheerleaders will join the current squad to cheer during the first half of the Buffs’ game against Abilene Christian University. Yarbrough said she also expects the game to bring back memories from her time as a cheerleader.
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Texas Cheerleaders can keep Bibical banners for now – Tireball.Com Sports Media
The decision is a temporary win for the squad, who have rallied the support of their community and now have nearly 50,000 fans on a Facebook page devoted to their cause. “We were sitting around a table at cheerleading camp this summer when we got the …
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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 cheerleaders see victory after judge extends order in bible banner case – Examiner.com
The 32-team cheerleading squad at Kountze High has come under fire from the atheist organization, Freedom From Religion Foundation. The FFRF claims the school is not a Christian school and therefore cannot misuse their authority. The superintendent …
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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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