[Ol' Dan Tucker]

“People aren't stupid and they know we have freedom of speech and the district wasn't advocating my ideas,” McComb said. “Those are my opinions.”

As so many are so fond of saying, the right to free speech does not guarantee the right to be heard.

[Zeppelin]

***As so many are so fond of saying, the right to free speech does not guarantee the right to be heard.***

True. What I love about this is that the school chose to block out one word. But the word that they chose to censor just happens to be the name of the Savior of millions of Americans, and near and dear to their hearts.

So their goal of preventing 400 people from hearing the name "Jesus" has exploded into the whole NATION hearing His name. That and further exposure of the ACLU as the traitors they are.

[L98Fiero]

"As so many are so fond of saying, the right to free speech does not guarantee the right to be heard."

To invite someone to speak and then cut their mike because the school doesn't like what she said is nothing more than pure censorship. I would say she has the right to be heard if she was invited to SPEAK, which she was.

[p. henry]

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.

[BykrBayb]

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.