Posted on 06/19/2006 11:55:57 AM PDT by Jay777
The valedictorian of Foothill High, Brittany McComb, decided to share her faith voluntarily at her graduation cermony. However, before she could get to the part that meant the most to her, Christ, her microphone went dead. Her speech was in no way endorsed by her school, however the school directly participated in censoring her free speech.
The First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The judicial branch has extended the meaning of this amendment to any government body, not just Congress. However, I still don’t understand how so many ignore the part that says ” or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” This is exactly what the school did to this young girl, prohibited the free exercize of her religious expression.
From the Review Journal we learn: The decision to cut short McComb’s commencement speech Thursday at The Orleans drew jeers from the nearly 400 graduates and their families that went on for several minutes.
However, Clark County School District officials and an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday that cutting McComb’s mic was the right call. Graduation ceremonies are school-sponsored events, a stance supported by federal court rulings, and as such may include religious references but not proselytizing, they said.
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Hypocrites.
Didn't the ACLU just last week say that Islamic prayer at school was okay?
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.
Crazy-ass ACLU ping
So in the world of the ACLU - the PC rights take precedent over the other rights. ;)
Perhaps. But not in this country.
Another reason O'Reilly is right when he says that the ACLU is the most dangerous organization in America today.
It would've been better if the grads and parents had upped and left. That would've gotten their attention.
Do the words "public nuisance" ring?
Now if she only wanted to teach homosexuality or fisting to them, that would have been ok.
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.
Nothing horrifies the Left more than freedom of speech. It exposes truth, the best disinfectant and, to the Left, the horror of horrors.
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.
You've just violated a similar "right" of whole of lot people.
But not illegal.
Why, no. They don't.
Another example of how frightened school administrators are of the ACLU.
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