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Valedictorian Speech Cut off at the Name of Christ
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| June 22, 2006
| Hilary White
Posted on 06/22/2006 3:46:06 PM PDT by NYer
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To: BykrBayb
5 point system. Some schools have them.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:02:30 PM PDT
by
Frank Sheed
(Tá brón orainn. Níl Spáinnis againn anseo.)
To: Texas Mom
The thing is, there won't be a next time. This was her high school graduation and it was ruined by some blithering idiots with the help of the ACLU.
She can use it as a catalyst to do much good in the world.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:02:38 PM PDT
by
moog
To: NYer
Ain't ya'll heard? Jesus is against the law.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:03:01 PM PDT
by
Lexington Green
(Medical Marijuana - ''Liberty can be delayed, but it cannot be denied.'')
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
True. However, our Constitution does provide that Congress shall pass no law abridging the free exercise of religion. That limitation on the legislature also applies to the executive branch and the corresponding institutions in the states. Many state constitutions have similar provisions.
It seems to me that, in preventing McComb from even mentioning the name of the Lord, the school engaged in just about the most egregious violation of the free exercise clause that I can remember.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:03:14 PM PDT
by
p. henry
To: Texas Mom
"The thing is, there won't be a next time. This was her high school graduation and it was ruined by some blithering idiots with the help of the ACLU."Well the graduation was ruined and she should sue. But now she has a national voice.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:04:38 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: NYer
If i had my way you would NOT BE ALLOWED to speak UNLESS YOU were HETEROsexual!!Normal is allowed,abnormal is not.
To: NYer
They recoil at the name of Christ like Dracula at the sight of a cross.
To: PhillyRepublican
Instead, if she had begun her speech with, "George Bush is the most evil man on the planet, and I'd like to spend the next hour telling you why", they would have turned up her microphone, and probably given her a scholarship to the college of her choice.
To: NYer
If goverment schools are in conflict with the First Amendment, then governmnet schools have to go, not the First Amendment.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:11:05 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: BykrBayb
Some schools use a 5 point scale instead of 4.
To: NYer
It was a speech given by a student NOT a teacher.. She was asked to give a speech about HER THOUGHTS.. She wanted to express what helped HER to succeed.. Her mic was cut off, yet idiot actresses are allowed to rap at commencement speeches.. Had she recited the COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, I'm sure that school would have had no problem!
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:13:42 PM PDT
by
divine_moment_of_facts
("Liberals see what they believe... Conservatives believe what they see")
To: Texas_Jarhead
Okay, thanks. I was beginning to think she cheated. LOL
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:13:43 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
To: NYer
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
John 15: 18-19
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:14:22 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: Brilliant
Yes they do. He heard her though, and that's what matters.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:18:06 PM PDT
by
kenth
To: Deo volente
"Instead, if she had begun her speech with, "George Bush is the most evil man on the planet, and I'd like to spend the next hour telling you why", they would have turned up her microphone, and probably given her a scholarship to the college of her choice."
Exactly, Deo... when I first heard the story I turned to my BF and said if she was ANTI-Religion/Anti-Bush whey would have turned up her mic.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:20:58 PM PDT
by
divine_moment_of_facts
("Liberals see what they believe... Conservatives believe what they see")
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
She earned the right to speak and be heard. If she had been thanking her teachers, relatives, friends, and strangers, that would have been allowed. She was not allowed to thank The One who was most responsible for her success.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:24:41 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
To: All
Does anyone have an actual copy of the speech she wanted to give?
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:26:03 PM PDT
by
okstate
To: NYer
I think this is one of the most outrageous examples of censorship at graduation that I've seen, Staver said to Agape Press. For school officials to literally be standing by the switch at the mixing board and cut the microphone on a student, simply because that student mentions God or Jesus, is just unbelievable.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:27:28 PM PDT
by
henbane
To: Lexington Green
Matthew 5:11
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you (falsely) because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:27:34 PM PDT
by
Frank Sheed
(Tá brón orainn. Níl Spáinnis againn anseo.)
To: Republicanprofessor
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posted on
06/22/2006 4:35:36 PM PDT
by
mcvey
(Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
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