http://news.yahoo.com/judge-rules-cheerleaders-bible-banner-suit-183851357--spt.htmlA judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games.
State District Judge Steve Thomas determined the Kountze High School cheerleaders' banners are constitutionally permissible. In a copy of the ruling obtained by Beaumont station KFDM, Thomas determined that no law "prohibits cheerleaders from using religious-themed banners at school sporting events."
The Liberty Institute, a Plano, Texas-based nonprofit law firm, represented the cheerleaders and argued the girls' free speech rights were being violated by the school district's ban.
"This is a great victory for the cheerleaders and now they're going to be able to have their banners," said Hiram Sasser, a lead attorney for the institute.
Thomas Brandt, the school district's attorney, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
In October, Thomas temporarily allowed the cheerleaders to continue displaying the banners pending the lawsuit's outcome. Thomas at the time said the school district's ban on the practice appeared to violate the students' free speech rights. The Liberty Institute had argued the banners' messages were not asking anyone to believe in Christianity or accept the faith.
The fundy libtards are going to have a stroke over this.
