{"id":30696,"date":"2012-10-18T19:20:23","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T01:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/18\/rah-rah-zis-god-bah.html"},"modified":"2012-10-22T10:58:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T16:58:12","slug":"rah-rah-zis-god-bah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/18\/rah-rah-zis-god-bah.html","title":{"rendered":"Rah! Rah! Zis-God-Bah!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the (Rick Perry-appointed) judge argued that since the <i>cheerleaders<\/i> were individually allowed to pick the cheer banners (emblazoned with Bible quotes) that it wasn&#39;t the government actually doing it <i>and<\/i> to block it would harm the free speech rights of those cheerleaders.<\/p>\n<p>I am now just waiting for a cheerleader to choose a Quran verse, or something minority political, or something obscene. And we&#39;ll just see how quickly the school district, state attorney general, governor, and district judge rush to protect her free speech \/ free religion rights.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/on-faith\/texas-attorney-general-intervenes-in-lawsuit-to-allow-cheerleaders-to-use-bible-verses\/2012\/10\/17\/008f392e-18bc-11e2-a346-f24efc680b8d_story.html'>Texas judge rules for cheerleaders in lawsuit over Bible-themed football banners<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A judge ruled Thursday that cheerleaders at an East Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games, saying the school district\u2019s ban on the practi&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/Qu7Ff8z3sRx' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the (Rick Perry-appointed) judge argued that since the cheerleaders were individually allowed to pick the cheer banners (emblazoned with Bible quotes) that it wasn&#39;t the government actually doing it and to block it would harm the free speech rights of those cheerleaders. I am now just waiting for a cheerleader to choose a Quran &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/18\/rah-rah-zis-god-bah.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rah! Rah! 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