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Cheerleaders fight for faith on the field

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    Outrage after school district bans religious banners

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It's a fight to keep the faith in one Texas school the cheerleaders have been making banners with Bible scripture to inspire the football team before the games but.

Last week a complaint costs and controversy and cost the district superintendent.

To ban the religious banners igniting a firestorm of support for the students.

Now a judge has issued a temporary injunction allowing these banners for two weeks until that final ruling joining us now with -- high school cheerleaders Morgan Copeland.

And Ashton Jennings and a football mom actually -- started a FaceBook page and supported us.

Thanks ladies for being with us you're so cute.

I really can't we can't take action -- start with you tell me what happened.

Now well land more bland diet -- cracked if we all can -- -- there.

At -- and present and -- and team this client.

And -- and scriptural -- -- they encourage the blaze he -- they had conventions.

Before and the vikings back and local passing.

And and they really -- and it pumps and that.

So we wanted to can't include everyone and -- and we won eighteen carry that out on the -- -- -- evening's crucial fact the case that you did best and someone comply.

And Morgan who complain to them what what happened next.

And we don't have a name he complained that they had complained to our superintendent.

And we don't we -- islands known in the name at the person that if I let her son Tenet's fault okay how do you feel them.

I'm still -- that is brought our tail extremely classes.

Say -- In a way act kind of -- the -- and he wouldn't complain it's brought Sammy people across America.

Says that wired that we were trying to get out to art school yet 2100 people -- -- your -- but you have 4000 supporters on face puck.

Actually tell me about your FaceBook efforts.

There's actually -- 41041000.

Page.

I guess -- this research was done yesterday you have some more supporters I'm sure you will after this story what's happening on FaceBook and.

It's.

It as wonderful as the most uplifting thing if you go on that -- and read the post that the people that are so important.

Encourage in the girls to continue with their fight for him.

That's what's really -- then why did you come up with the FaceBook page.

Well not honest -- it was the rally the troops to try to get our school district to change their minds.

I had no idea that it was going to become.

This big that fast.

Do you understand her eyes and what about what about the friends of yours at school that are -- -- and they might not.

Believe in the scriptures and they don't want the football team running through.

Banners like us.

Yeah I would totally understand why -- it would upset some people.

But it also the football players were asked by the cheerleaders.

If that they wanted it or if they approved of it they want to put something that was inspirational verse is something violence such as scalp the Indians and and so the football players agreed with -- and it's a wonderful -- when the boys do run it.

And unless you have -- your child runs through it you can understand that and I understand that there they have Iraq changed to say that.

But there was no one that I've talked to -- hard from anywhere.

In our district that had any complaints they priced it okay so we'll see what happens this is up for appeal so we'll know.

We'll have an answer in about two weeks thanks so much -- for being with us and coming on this morning to talk about it.

-- -- case we wish -- the vast new.

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