Why is it always football that brings out the high school Jesus freaks in Texas?
It’s always football where they want Jesus on the field. It makes it appear that Jesus is not a basketball or baseball fan because these issues never occur there. It’s only football and now it’s in Kountze, Texas. And, yes, of course that’s east Texas.
HOUSTON (AP) — For three straight weeks, high school football players in a small southeast Texas town took the field by bolting through large red-and-white banners that hollered the praises of Jesus Christ.
Most people in Kountze viewed the banners as evidence of the students’ admirable moral upbringing — Christianity and the Bible always had been fundamental to this town of 2,100.
But someone complained to a foundation that fights for the separation of church and state, and by Tuesday, a day after receiving a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the superintendent banned the banners, and the town became embroiled in a controversy that has touched other communities nationwide.
Yes, because nothing quite says “I am a Christian” more than running through a banner with Bible verses on it to kick your butt and probably give you early signs of Parkinson’s disease.
Now, I have a reasonable solution to this. Does it work? No, it does not. Last year the Kountze Lions finished 7th in their division out of 8 teams. Apparently, there was one team who put Buddhist quotes on their banner and consequently came in dead last.
Except win.
Apparently you cannot do that through Christ. And Christians all over the word have the Kountze High School football team to thank for that.
Thanks to Sam for the heads up.