Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Texas school district appeals cheerleader case

After losing its case against their own high school cheerleaders, the Kountze, Texas school district is appealing. On May 8, 2013, a district court issued an order granting the Kountze cheerleaders permission to display run-through banners with bible messages at sporting events. That order ended a seven-month stretch of intense and heated litigation between the cheerleaders and the school district that drew national attention. LibertyInstitute and David Starnes represent the cheerleaders and their parents.

“It is unfortunate that [the school district] keeps spending taxpayer money fighting against the speech rights of these cheerleaders,” said Hiram Sasser, director of litigation for Liberty Institute.  “I do not understand why the school district cannot simply accept that it lost and move on instead of continuing to fight against these cheerleaders who simply wanted to encourage the players with uplifting messages.”

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