“the religious banners, which the Kountz High football team runs through at games”
Religion. It’s weird.
Mix it up with Texas backcountry rednecks, football, and cheerleaders, the weirdness increases.
War, religion, and team sports are closely related going back many thousands of years. Team sports like football are really practice tribal warfare, both for the soldiers on the field and the civilians cheering them on. Religion provides a real world competitive advantage in war, sports, school, business, and life in general. What's weird and against nature is wanting to artificially disconnect them. This desire is usually motivated by the destructive force of envy, which doesn't seek to gain a perceived competitive advantage for themselves, but to deny it to others.
“Religion. It’s weird.”
No, HS cheerleaders are weird.