The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear the school district's appeal of a case involving Bible verses written on run-through banners—all but ending a more than five-year legal battle that garnered support from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.

"Our clients are relieved that the Texas Supreme Court has brought an end to the school district's scorched earth litigation tactics," First Liberty Institute's Hiram Sasser told the Todd Starnes Radio Show.

First Liberty Institute, one of the nation's most prominent religious liberty law firms, took on the case back in 2012 along with co-counsel David Starnes (no relation) and Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher.

"As the football season kicks off across Texas, it's good to be reminded that these cheerleaders have a right to religious speech on their run-through banners—banners on which the cheerleaders painted messages they chose, with paint they paid for, on paper they purchased," Sasser told me.

Sasser said school districts across the nation should pay close attention to the Texas Supreme Court's decision.

"Stop harassing cheerleaders and accept that they are free to have religious speech on their run-through banners," Sasser warned.

In 2012 seven cheerleaders sued the school district after they were banned from using Bible verses on banners that players would run through at football games. The verses, like "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," were meant to be inspirational and encouraging.

The state's Ninth Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the cheerleaders in January—declaring the signs are "pure private speech."

"We find the cheerleaders' speech on the pregame banners cannot be characterized as government speech," the court wrote.

However, the school district argued that a cheerleader who cheers at a game engages in government speech, and therefore cannot write religious messages on banners.

The "banners were held by public school cheerleaders while they were cheering for the school's football team, while they were in uniform at a school-sponsored event, and while they were on the school's football field to which access was limited by the school," school district attorney Thomas Brandt wrote in the Beaumont Enterprise.

The school district had no comment on the supreme court ruling.

"This is a total victory that protects the religious liberty of students everywhere," attorney Allyson Ho, the lead appellate counsel, said. "This decision by the Supreme Court of Texas should be the final word on this issue for students and schools across Texas."

One question remains unanswered—why did the school district spend thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to try and stop the cheerleaders from expressing their constitutional rights? Perhaps the citizens of Kountze might get an answer when school board members face re-election.

I reckon the Kountze cheerleaders have learned a very important lesson about perseverance over the past five years. You really can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE

Stunning Find Emerges Along Waters Where Jesus Performed a Famous Miracle

Man Struck by Lightning Says Survival Was No Accident: 'It's Truly a Miracle' (Video)

Veteran Suicide Is Not Just a Military Problem, It's an American Problem

Teen Girls Forced to Share Room with Man at Daughters of American Revolution Event

Minnesota Declares War on Amish Families

Dem Senate Hopeful, Abdul El-Sayed's Mom Worked for 'Global Terrorist' Group Accused of Funding Bin Laden, Hamas and Taliban: Report

Did Fox News Fire Maria Bartiromo or Not?

HUGE Jobs Report for August: 'Triple the Expectations'

A Promise of Awakening: Dutch Sheets' Remarkable Vision

JD Vance Mentions Sensing 'a Certain Darkness' during Encounters With World Leaders (Video)

New Poll Devastates Democrats Ahead of Midterms

Indiana Farm Honors Charlie Kirk with Their Corn Maze, Stands for Civil Discourse amid Backlash

(Watch) Angry Father of Disabled Daughter Tears into Sanctuary Democrats at House Judiciary Hearing

Radical Dems Defeat Amendment Stopping SCOTUS Court-Packing, Showing Their Hand if They Gain Power

Liberty Counsel Will Ask US Supreme Court to Hear 'No Church' Case

Faith of a Founding Father: George Washington's Christian Beliefs

Nashville Charter Schools Agree to Remove Same-Sex Marriage Books from Elementary Curriculum

Project Watershed 250 is Launched to Shield US Water from Cyberattacks

President Trump Summons Oil Executives to White House in Push to Slash Gas Prices

192 House Democrats Vote No on Anti-Socialism Measure