[jsanders2001]

We The People have an obligation to remove people that trample religious freedoms from their positions of power too. It’s sad that this nation now makes its decisions based on majority (real or potrayed for political purposes) / majority vote and not principle.

[Common Sense 101]

Did the demonic scum from the district happen to say why they had this “obligation”?

[SkyDancer]

And at the Final Judgement, G-d says “ ..........”

[Pollster1]

"The district was legally obligated to ensure prayers and other sectarian, proseltyzing content were omitted from Mr. Hamby's speech," the letter, addressed to the Liberty Institute, continues. "Censorship of the speech was necessary to avoid an Establishment Clause violation."

Brooks Hamby must be a powerful speaker if mentioning God in one speech constitutes establishment of a state religion. It's no wonder Stanford University took him if he is that authoritative.

[Objective Scrutator]

Considering that atheists don’t consider atheism to be a religion, and considering that the Constitution says “Congress ... Shall not prohibit the free exercise [of religion])”, maybe we could ban atheism. Would anyone seriously argue that this would be a bad precedent? Atheists are united in their attempts to ban Christianity, so it’s not like sensible people would lose any sleep over it.

Holy Trinity v. United States, 1892: “These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.”
“Christianity, general Christianity, is, and always has been, a part of the common law of Pennsylvania.”

Laws establishing an atheist theocracy are in no way legitimate or what the Founders wanted.

[Salvation]

**saying that the school has an “obligation” to remain secular during school functions. **

Because they get federal money? LOL! Where are their consciences?

[tophat9000]

A yes the G-word.. ranks right up there with the N-word

[Lorianne]

I’m fine with students talking about their religion in this situation (and others) as long as students of other faiths can do the same. How about a Muslim student delivering a speech on his devotion to the prophet Muhammed and Allah and extolling the virtues of Islam?

I come to this from experience in public schools being discrimanted against as a Catholic. Christiains are not always as tolerant to ‘freedom of religion’ as one might suppose.

[SECURE AMERICA]

A California school district has refused to apologize to one of its students for previously banning him from mentioning God in his graduation speech, saying instead that it has an “obligation” to prevent sectarian speeches.

Really? Perhaps they can show the young man the Article in the Constitution that states he as a citizen is obligated to prevent sectarian speeches. In fact I would love to see that documentation myself...........

[rjsimmon]

"It is well established in the Ninth Circuit and California that a public school salutatorian has no constitutional right to lead a prayer or include sectarian or proselytizing content in his/her graduation speech,"

It is well established in the Constitution of these United States that a public school salutatorian has a Constitutional right to freely exercise their religion, and Congress cannot prohibit such.

The 9th Circus is dead wrong. As is California.

[metmom]

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