Posted on 06/19/2006 2:02:05 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
Isn't that an oxymoron?
Yep, maybe with Roberts and Alito as justices, this mangled interpretation will be struck down.
Not to worry - the ACLU will file suit on her behalf.
/s
I suspect the district would've given the go-ahead to any student who wanted to give credit to Allah.
I am constantly amazed at how timid we are in these confrontations. Separation of Church and State is NOT in the Constitution as most assume. It is a convention that started with Baptists in Connecticut irritated with the state sanctioned Episcopal Church. Jefferson penned this phrase during this disagreement. It later grew in strength as a Protestant strategy to curtain Catholic involvement and it is now a beast of their own creation that has turned on them. The bottom line is that it is not Constitutional and should be challenged at every turn.
As I noted on the related posting, it was lucky that the Commissars of Free Speech were there to protect everyone from this dangerous counterrevolutionary. Uncontrollable theism might have broken out! (/sarcasm off)
Would that be so hard to do?
Wouldn't it avoid any and all criticisms about "state-sponsored religion" ??
The argument that a Valedictorian's speech is somehow endorsed by the school, and is therefore an endorsement by the government, is completely without merit. Were it a principal, a teacher, or a skrewel administrator it would have been different. A student should be free to voice their opinions, even if they close their statement with "Allahu Akbar." Somebody please tell me how you can make the leap from a student's speech to the "establishment of religion" clause in our Constitution.
A school valedictorian is representing the school and as such the school can turn off her microphone.
Or as laura ingraham once said about hollywood performers "shut up and sing"
North Korea is alive and well in the public skrools.
I guess they fear putting a name to a decision will result in them getting FReeped!
Freedom of speech doesn't mean you get a free microphone to use.
Uh, the one religion that believes in God? Oh yeah, that religion.
...Or, to the Gay and Lesbian coalition.
I betcha some atheist busybody would still complain...
When they cut her mike, wouldn't it have been cool if she'd calmly pulled out the bullhorn hidden under her robe and finished her speech?
anyone have a problem with the following
A local high school graduation ended with roars of protest after school officials turned the microphone off right in the middle of one of the valedictorian's speeches. The microphone cut out after the valedictorian at Foothill High made reference to Satan.
The family says the District's decision isn't fair. Brittney McComb says she's a straight A student, number one in her class, and is headed to Saddam Hussein University in the fall.
Brittney attributes all of her success to Satan. Trouble is, she tried to explain that during her speech which the school district said they told her beforehand was a no-no.
"Satan's love is so great."
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