She lied. End of story.
OK, one more time. She claims to be a good Christian but lied to the school officials.
She lied.
Do you have the correspondence between them? You are in danger of having lied yourself.
She should have mentioned she would say the reference, but this is something that didn't have to blow up. A solution could have been worked out. My brother mentioned God in his high school graduation speech and nobody batted an eye.
I always find it amazing that Christianity-despising atheists always have this sudden conversion to Christian principles when they think it suits their argument. "But she LIED! Christians don't do that! Waaaaaahhhh!"
But she didn't lie. She tweaked the nose of the ACLU. I wish she had punched it and broken it.
"She lied. End of story. OK, one more time. She claims to be a good Christian but lied to the school officials. She lied."
Yup, you're right. It looks like she did lie.
You know, during WWII, some Christians sheltered Jewish children from the nazi's by claiming that they were Christian. The children were saved from the holocaust as a result. The Christians involved in this conpiracy LIED. And they also acted in violation of what were the "lawful" edicts of the nazi regime.
Sometimes we answer to a higher law. I suggest you read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's treatise: "Letter from Birmingham Jail" if you want an eloquent discussion of just versus unjust laws.