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“But two separate courts ruled against her, deciding that a cheerleader freely agrees to act as a “mouthpiece” for a institution and therefore surrenders her constitutional right to free speech.”

I would love to see the consent form that STATES you give up your 1st Amendment right to free speech. If it does not clearly state this then IMO (obviously not our out of control courts) she did not wave that right.

Anyone else thing we have lost complete control over our schools?

So if the school demanded she cheer of BHO she would be obliged? Oh wait some schools already do that. Well how about if she had to cheer for UBL as a “mouthpiece” for the school?

WARNING for those who agree with the courts and the rest of us, you might be surrendering more than your 1st Amendment rights when you sign anything. I don't recall anywhere in the Constitution where the government can surreptitiously eliminate your rights.

"So if the school demanded she cheer of BHO she would be obliged? Oh wait some schools already do that. Well how about if she had to cheer for UBL as a “mouthpiece” for the school?"

Or forced to study the wonderful contributions the LGBT have given society. ...problem is given her age, attending school at all could be considered voluntary.

She didn't give up her 1st Amendment rights. When not performing as a part of the cheerleadign squad, she was free to say anything she wanted to about the kid. But the school also had the right to remove her from the squad if her exercise of her 1st Amendment rights interfered with her performance on the squad or negatively impacted the school's image. Just as I could fire an employee for making comments on or off the job that reflected negatively on my business - he has the right to make the comments, and I have the right to not have him as an employee. Since the girl did not have the "right" to be a cheerleader - participation in extra-curricular activities is a privilege - she was not denied any of her constitutional rights by limiting the scope of her speech or activities during the time she was performing as a member of the squad.