[okstate]

I consider telling your school's administration "Okay, I'll fix my speech to fit within the guidelines for commencement" and then not doing that and giving the original speech to be a lie.

[Sam's Army]

She should have either refused to amend the speech and let the school make its move; or she should have refused to speak.

But we all know that free speech is only for liberal thoughts and ideas; like inserting a Crucifix in urine.

[Sisku Hanne]

You can consider it a lie, but that does not make it so. You would have to prove an intent to deceive. She may have impulsively changed her mind at the last minute. She may have felt coerced and then at the end rose up to speak her heart. She may have been nervous and just given the speech she rehearsed. She may have been told in so many words she had no choice but to give an edited version, then spoke with someone who told her that was not so. In other words , she may have been the one being lied to.

Schools all over the country have been telling students they can't sing carols and they can't pray at lunch and they can't hand a classmate a Christmas card. None of these situations are so. Are they lying or just misinformed?

So let's say that she did lie. Big whoop. The crime of denying her her first amendment rights is far more egregious, and I'll focus on criticizing that instead of a outstanding young scholar. You do as you wish.