Chris Tomlinson accounts the controversy of whether cheerleaders (in Texas) should be allowed to display bible verses at a high school football game. Tomlinson addresses the arguments of both sides to clarify the issue. The district responded to the complaint from the Free From Religion Foundation that the biblical messages violated the first amendment of the constitution prohibiting the government from establishing a religion by banning the use of religious messages. It is also explained that the State District Judge Steve Thomas "issued an injunction allowing the cheerleaders to use bible verses until he made a decision." Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot called the district's prohibition "an unconstitutional infringement on the cheerleaders' rights to free speech," that the "Texas Education Code also states that schools must respect the rights of students to express their religious beliefs." Tomlinson includes the unclear the person(s) responsible for the issue and the question of the fairness of the court if it were to judge them guilty of violating the right from religions.
At the end of the article, however, Tomlinson's favor of allowing the cheerleaders to continue displaying bible verses is implied through a quote of Gov. Rich Perry who spoke in favor of the cheerleaders, that "Anyone who is expressing their faith should be celebrated," especially within a nation "built on the concept that the original law is God's law, outlined in the Ten Commandments." His audience includes the readers who are aware of the religious rights of the American citizens and the rights to freedom of speech stated in the constitution, and who are interested in the social responses to religious expressions. He informs such audience of the case of the cheerleaders who are caught in the middle of the strongly debatable issue of expressing personal religious beliefs.
At the end of the article, however, Tomlinson's favor of allowing the cheerleaders to continue displaying bible verses is implied through a quote of Gov. Rich Perry who spoke in favor of the cheerleaders, that "Anyone who is expressing their faith should be celebrated," especially within a nation "built on the concept that the original law is God's law, outlined in the Ten Commandments." His audience includes the readers who are aware of the religious rights of the American citizens and the rights to freedom of speech stated in the constitution, and who are interested in the social responses to religious expressions. He informs such audience of the case of the cheerleaders who are caught in the middle of the strongly debatable issue of expressing personal religious beliefs.
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