Court upholds Texas high schools' right to add Bible verses to cheer signs
Kountze cheerleaders who sued their school district six years ago over religious scripture on spirit banners “won the final battle in Texas” on Friday, their attorneys said, praising the state’s highest court for upholding a ruling that said their signs were private speech.
The Supreme Court of Texas declined to review a Beaumont appeals court’s September ruling in favor of the cheerleaders, who sued after they were banned from quoting Bible verses on the paper signs that football players run through to start games.
David Starnes left his Beaumont law office in September 2012, heading to Kountze for what he thought would be a half-hour hearing on behalf of seven cheerleaders where he would “work things out” with Kountze ISD “and be done with this deal.”
Six years later, litigation at the state level appears to be over. Kountze had sought a review of the lower court’s ruling forcing school districts to choose between conflicting interpretations of the First Amendment.
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the American Taliban. Those poor persecuted christians. I'm so glad Trump and Sessions are looking out for them. They can barely exercise their god-given right tell everyone what to do anymore. The persecution they endure makes me want to cry. 
american taliban.
