Take THAT, Teachers
Texas doesn’t have enough money to pay teachers, but somehow we found the money to join in the lawsuit of trivializing Bible verses on the damn football field.
The cheerleaders at a Texas high school decided it would be oh so cool to write scriptures completely taken out of context on large sheets of paper for the football team to run through as they come into the stadium. Because, you know, if you’re going out there to whip up on somebody, best you do it in the name of Jesus Christ.
The football team wants to enter the field by smashing through paper banners with scripture on them, like (seriously, these are the actual scriptures they use) “If God is for us, who can be against us, Romans 8:31.” Or, “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens! Phil 4:13.”
We are going to pay taxpayer money to fight this all the way to the Supreme Court. Which will cost a fortune because our Attorney General Greg Abbott couldn’t find the courthouse with a map, Tonto, and double geared neon stereo GPS system. So, we’ll have to hire lawyers who actually listened in law school. And those guys don’t come cheap.
But, trivializing Jesus is very important in Texas. We’re willing to pay for it.
Thanks to Sam from Kyle for the heads up.
If that worked, one would suspect that Notre Dame would never lose a game. As I understand it that’s where the “Hail Mary” play came from.
1If there were a creator of the universe who cared about who won a high school football game, wouldn’t this team be doing better?
2I thought this was settled twelve years ago. The Supremes voted 6-3 against official prayer at football games, saying essentially that using the school district’s sound system for the student-led prayer was a violation of the “establishment clause”.
In Santa Fe (Tex) vs. Doe a Mormon student and a Catholic sued the school dist. The court ruled that the prayers were held at a school event, on school property, endorsed by the school district and therefore were not allowed.
These cheerleaders are official representatives of the school district, hold up a sign at an official school event, on school property. Maybe they should let their parents or their best friends hold the sign, just off school property.
3So, they smash scriptures? And that is to show respect for them? Do they burn Bibles too?
4This is the last place the KKK was active in Texas. Pretty much sums up the local reaction.
5I’m willing to pay good money to any school willing to let the young athletes burst through a roll of paper with the tempera-painted slogan, “There is no god but Allah.” See how that plays.
6It is crap like this that makes me reluctant to admit to my faith as a Christian. Definitely not my brand.
7@Linda…..it is unfortunate, and sad to say. As long as they can spend the taxpayer’s money……. Rick Perry and Greg Abbot…. do not care what the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights says, or what the Supreme Court has ruled.
They are Republicans (? ) They play by their own rules.
Juanita…… again….. how is Kountze doing in football???
With all these “Scriptures” to help????
8So, when the football players run through the paper, they’re stepping on it as well. So I guess stomping on holy scripture (with shoes no less) is OK.
9“In response to a question, Perry also said that the state would be taking the same action if it had been a verse from the Quran on the banners.”
Sorry, I’m going to pretend to be from Missouri and say “Show Me”, or better yet, “Prove It”.
10Miemaw, apparently God isn’t helping much. http://www.maxpreps.com/contests/nbq4CXPRGUGqLT7paJBP8A/football-fall-12/boxscore-kountze-kountze-vs-woodville-woodville.htm
11Pretty sure the Woodville people are Druids.
12Another little town has decided to do the same thing…Cheerleaders in Burkburnett, Tx. leading it.
13Juanita, did you see the item in yesterday’s paper which reported that Perry is going to run for another term????
I think it was his campaign manager who made the announcement. Heaven help us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kountze, TX, cheerleaders! How about Genesis 19:32:
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him….
14The 3rd verse of Bud – “stop making an ass out of yourself”.
15I don’t care if teams want to run through Bible verses if everyone agrees about it. What I DO NOT like is legal battles over it. Good grief. Leave the little towns alone. They like living the way they do. And Perry running AGAIN? I am moving to Ubekistan.
16Everybody in the town *doesn’t* agree about it, almost certainly. ffrf’s actions are virtually always (I’m tempted to say just plain “always,” but I don’t have time to check out every case right now) in response to local complaints.
And I’m tired of the corporate news media referring to ffrf as “a Wisconsin group.” There are lots of members in Texas (more than 900), and all the other states as well (about 18,500 members nationwide).
I’ve lived in little towns where I was forced to go along to get along. I didn’t like it. I applaud the people who have the guts to complain.
Nobody in Kountze is taking the other side in public (yet), but some brave kids in Vidor (gasp!) are:
“The Kountze cheerleaders are receiving a lot of support in the community, but Vidor High School students who told us they belong to what they call a secular group, take issue with the religious banners. ”
More at link – scroll down for Vidor kids’ comments.
17http://kfdm.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/kfdm_vid_2218.shtml