I was reading an article in Amarillo Globe-News, on October 7, 2012 under Editorial: Monday Briefing, “Three cheers for bible banners ruling”
Kountze High School cheerleaders got into some trouble with simply supporting
and encouraging their team with their team spirit. Kountze high school just
about 85 miles from Houston TX. Kountze cheerleaders’ spirit banners that were
writing and displayed at their high school football game was more important
than the football game its self that Friday night. Some people had a strong belief
that it was not right to display bible verse banners in a public high school
football game. Establishment of religion
was the main concern with the bible verse banners. People said that it was showing
and encouraging a specific religion and that was not allowed in TX. Public
schools. While on the other hand Kountze cheerleader had another point of view as
they said we were just simply showing team spirit to our football players. A
hearing in the case is set for October 18, 2012 for displaying school spirit.
In my eyes and in my opinion I believe that a hearing is not
necessary, establishment of religion is one thing and displaying a bible verse
banner is another. Establishment of a specific religion means that you are founding,
or something is being established. A banner does not mean you are enforcing a
religion, nor does it mean schools text books are being replace by the bibles. FREE
EXERCISE of religion was being used with this issue and nothing more. Just because a person or group exercising
their rights offends someone, does not give them the right to abridge that
person’s or group’s constitutionally guaranteed rights.
First amendment:
Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment of religion, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE
EXERCISE THEREOF [emphasis added]; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of
the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.
Posted October 7, 2012 By DAVE HENRY
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