Got Spirit? 05 November 2004 A University of Georgia lawyer has asked a federal court to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit of Marilou Braswell, the former UGA cheerleading coach who claimed religious persecution after being fired. But according to the school, Braswell wasn't fired for sharing her Christian beliefs with her cheering squad, but for retaliating against the Jewish student, Jaclyn Steele, who had complained to the school that Braswell pressuring her to attend Bible meetings in her home, and made her feel uncomfortable for being the sole non-Christian cheerleader. According to a UGA lawyer, Braswell reacted to Steele's complaint by reading a response to Steele's private complaint aloud to the entire cheering squad.
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