We are slowly losing our freedoms, one by one and those of you who applaud stories like this are fools. When one right is denied then what makes you think others won't be as well? Freedom of both religion and speech were taken away from this student:
She knew her speech as valedictorian of Foothill High School would be cut short, but Brittany McComb was determined to tell her fellow graduates what was on her mind and in her heart.Read the rest here.
But before she could get to the word in her speech that meant the most to her -- Christ -- her microphone went dead.
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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.
They said McComb's speech amounted to proselytizing and that her commentary could have been perceived as school-sponsored.
Before she delivered her commencement speech, McComb met with Foothill administrators, who edited her remarks. It's standard district practice to have graduation speeches vetted before they are read publicly.
School officials removed from McComb's speech some biblical references and the only reference to Christ.
I believe very strongly that we should not have state sponsored religion but I also believe that the state does not have the authority to deny a child their right to freedom of speech or freedom to practice their religion. The Supreme Court got this one wrong.
(Link via Right Wing News)
