Where are all the “Rules are Rules” Freepers out there?
I’d say this fellow deserves a feather in his cap.
“he ripped up his pre-approved graduation speech”
I love what he did to the notion that one awarded top education honors is incompetent to write a cogent legal speech.
If the kid's not complaining about the principal's instructions to avoid God, I don't see any cause of action.
The Atheists will just have to take their lumps on this one. Besides, they're the ones who asked for the original Regents v.... case. Maybe they want to go back to having schools dictate prayer to students.....
Rules are rules. In particular the First Amendment protects our God-given right to the free exercise of religion. This was explicitly done without any government approval, so even the most rabid ACLU/FFRF moron cannot claim that it constitutes a government establishment of a state religion. The rules won, and those who want to be our rulers lost.
I’m “rules are rules” Freeper, but I’m trying to understand your admonition. What “rule of law” Freepers like me want is for EVERYONE to follow the LAW, which is the Common Law first, the Constitution second, then the various CONSTITUTIONAL statutes that descend from local, state, and federal authorities. What the boy did was WELL WITHIN THE LAW, so I support it wholeheartedly. You cannot COMMAND speech, that is AGAINST the law.
Free Exercise of religion means the Founders thought that my having to put up with someone talking about religion was far less significant than people being able to freely voice their opinions about their religion.
Isn’t it strange that these people want to “protect” others from having to hear speech of a religious nature.