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Free Speech & Religious Freedom in Texas

Free Speech & Religious Freedom in Texas

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In a recent ruling in the Texas Supreme Court. The court said, “Public school cheerleaders have the right to include Bible verses on the run-through banners at football games.” Justice John Phillip Devine delivered the opinion of the court, “The district no longer prohibits the cheerleaders from displaying religious signs or messages on banners at school-sponsored events.”

All the trouble started in 2012 when “the Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to the Kountze Independent School District, demanding that its high school and middle school cheerleaders stop displaying religious-themed banners.” In May 2013, “State District Judge Steve Thomas ignored the request or dismissal and sided with the parents in saying the cheerleaders’ banners were constitutionally permissible.” In May 2014, “a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth District said both the appeal and Thomas’ ruling were moot since the school district changed its policy regarding the banners.” In August 2014, ”the cheerleaders appealed the decision to the Texas Supreme Court, with the appeal being filed in part by the Plano, Texas-based Liberty Institute.”

Liberty Institute President Kelly Shackelford said that this was a “8-0 victory for the free speech and religious liberty rights of all Texas students. We are delighted that the court considered this case so straightforward.”

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