ACLU Says Pulling The Plug On Free Speech Was The Right Call

Stop The ACLU ^ | 18-Jun-06 | John Stephenson

[golfisnr1]

Hypocrites.

[massgopguy]

Didn't the ACLU just last week say that Islamic prayer at school was okay?

[rovenstinez]

Sorry, but she WAS the Valedictorian and she EARNED the Right to speak from her heart as to WHAT motivated her to excellency. Stupid people of the ACLU. If she got up talking about ALA, or Watanka...it would be okay.

[The Blitherer]

Ah, they've finally crossed the line from selective protection to blatant hypocrisy. Shame on them, but I expect nothing less from the ACLU.

[Son Of The Godfather]

Crazy-ass ACLU ping

[aligncare]

Sean Hannity is talking about this issue right now. wabcradio.com

[From One - Many]

just as I said.....more mics and none turned off.
aclu - a closed liberal unity

[Tzimisce]

So in the world of the ACLU - the PC rights take precedent over the other rights. ;)

[L.N. Smithee]

There is [or must be] a right not to be bibled at, for unwilling listeners in public settings.

Perhaps. But not in this country.

[marvlus]

Another reason O'Reilly is right when he says that the ACLU is the most dangerous organization in America today.

[JamesP81]

It would've been better if the grads and parents had upped and left. That would've gotten their attention.

[GSlob]

Do the words "public nuisance" ring?

[Lx]

Nice...
Liberals hate God because they go against his wishes and know that if God does exist, then they have certainly drawn His ire. They want man to be the final arbiter, too bad for them there is a higher power they (and all of us) will have to answer to.

Now if she only wanted to teach homosexuality or fisting to them, that would have been ok.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Unfortunately, this article doesn't give even the slightest hint of what she started to say, much less what she was planning to say. If she was starting a rant exhorting the audience to adopt her religious beliefs, that would have been inappropriate. On the other hand, just sharing what her own beliefs are shouldn't be a problem, unless school officials are going to prohibit any topics that could possibly offend a significant number of listeners. Somehow when graduates give leftist political rants, they don't seem to get their microphones cut off. While I don't share this young lady's religious beliefs, if I were in the audience, I'd a lot rather listen to her to explain her religious beliefs and how she thinks they helped her do well in school, than to hear a student carry on about how "we need to get guns off the street because they're killing children" or "war is never the answer" -- and I don't think the ACLU or anyone else would cut off the mike for the latter.

[Savage Beast]

Nothing horrifies the Left more than freedom of speech. It exposes truth, the best disinfectant and, to the Left, the horror of horrors.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Indeed. Someone should have brought a bullhorn along. Then they could have upped and left when her mike was cut off, repaired to the public sidewalk, given her the bullhorn, and carried on.

[alecqss]

You've just violated a similar "right" of whole of lot people.

[Skooz]

If she was starting a rant exhorting the audience to adopt her religious beliefs, that would have been inappropriate.

But not illegal.

[Skooz]

Why, no. They don't.

[RobbyS]

Another example of how frightened school administrators are of the ACLU.