By DORIE TURNER AP FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (Oct. 2) -The Warriors of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High took the field on Friday night without any Bible verses written on the cheerleaders' banner. Instead, the football team ran through a banner that read "This is Big Red Country" before each bent on a knee to pray on the field of Tommy Cash Stadium.
The spirited display comes after the school district banned the banners last week over concerns they were unconstitutional and could provoke a lawsuit, angering many in the deeply religious north Georgia town of Fort Oglethorpe. "I'm just kind of unnerved about it," said 18-year-old Cassandra Cooksey, a recent graduate who often prayed with her fellow marching band members before football games. "It seems like the majority of people in our community want this and they don't have a problem with it, so I think they should be allowed to have the signs if they want to." The move has galvanized the community. Hundreds of people attended a rally this week supporting the signs, which included messages such as: "Commit to the Lord, whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." Many students attended class Friday wearing shirts with Bible verses and painted their cars with messages that read: "Warriors for Christ."
During the game, several other messages were visible in the packed stadium. Some people stood with signs that read "You Can't Silence Us" and some young men had Bible verses painted on their chests.
The spirited display comes after the school district banned the banners last week over concerns they were unconstitutional and could provoke a lawsuit, angering many in the deeply religious north Georgia town of Fort Oglethorpe. "I'm just kind of unnerved about it," said 18-year-old Cassandra Cooksey, a recent graduate who often prayed with her fellow marching band members before football games. "It seems like the majority of people in our community want this and they don't have a problem with it, so I think they should be allowed to have the signs if they want to." The move has galvanized the community. Hundreds of people attended a rally this week supporting the signs, which included messages such as: "Commit to the Lord, whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." Many students attended class Friday wearing shirts with Bible verses and painted their cars with messages that read: "Warriors for Christ."
During the game, several other messages were visible in the packed stadium. Some people stood with signs that read "You Can't Silence Us" and some young men had Bible verses painted on their chests.
Some people just refuse to follow certain laws. It is not allowed period. But we have people who think dumb things, then they have the nerve to write dumb things, and here they are.
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Jvs3209:41 AMOct 03 2009 RELIGION & THE FAMILY MUST BE DESTORYED BEFOR THE MARXIST COMMUNIST LIKE OBAMA CAN TAKE TOTAL CONTROL !!!!!! HEALTH CARE IS THE FIRST STEP !!!!!!! THEN CAP & TRADE !!!!!!! AND THE AMERICA WE KNEW IS GONE FOR EVER !!!!!!!! HOPE & CHANGE ????? WE ARE FOOLS WE JUST GAVE OUR FREEDOM AWAY !!!!!!!! WHAT FOOLS WE ARE!!!!!!!!!!!
A. Belong to a cult, never was the same after
B. Has visions after a Friday night at the bar
C. Is a fool
D. Voted for Obama-----twice
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Eggman1 09:48 AMOct 03 2009 And you Athiest idiots can't figure out why the wold is the way it it. You can whorship a President in Jesus song but can't pray or say Pledge of Alligance in school. Do you see the corelation between needing security in schools now since God was taken out of schools!!
A. Received best Christian award
B. Received award for spelling
C. Believes everyone is Jesus
D. Never finished grade school
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Rkissybraxx 09:47 AMOct 03 2009 This country was founded on 1 naton under god! you take that foundation away from the country and see what kind of unstable house of cards you will have.i am glad to see so many people on these posts actuall know what is going on on this country. the american people are NOT SHEEP! and will NOT be led to slaughter so quickly as the ELITESTS in washington believe. there IS a REVOLUTION forming in this country.just as we did in 1776<>A. Writing from jail cell
B. Loves Washington even though he can’t spell it
C. Thinks it is still 1776
D. Wonders what day it is on most days
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Weiser8 09:58 AMOct 03 2009 well you Atheists will be dealt with--when God strikes your sorry asses down the hole to eternal HELL--in the meantime keep your crap to yourselves and keep praying to your fal MessiahLOL LOL LOL. WE DON'T BELIEVE IN ANY OF THESE CRAPS
A. Has a T shirt that says who ass would God kick
B. Has not crapped in 9 days
C. Believes hell is the hole he dug outside when he was a kid
D. Plays with his hell hole
Comment# 5
nanq51010101 10:15 AMOct 03 2009 This country has gone to H*** in hand basket with this STUPID, NARCISSISTIC, KNOW-NOTHING COMMUNIST!!!! THE CONTROLLER-IN-CHIEF, WE NEED TO IMPEACH!!!!! GET 'FIRED' UP AND START SPREADING THE WORD!!!! 'WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH'!!!! DON'T YOU AGREE???!!!!!
A. Learned their manners from the bible
B. Voted for Obama and has an Obama fan club
C. Belongs to the militia
D. His ideal date; spam sandwiches and long walks in the Walmart parking lot
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Jvs3003 10:26 AMOct 03 2009 Hey saydumbthings THIS IS THE PLAN ALL SPELLED OUT IN 1963 !!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES FOOL!!!!!!! 40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce. 41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
A. Insisted on being on this webpage
B. Sent personal Emails to get put on webpage
C. Harassed us till we posted something by him
D. Finally posted something by him
What do you think?
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