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.

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