Valedictorian Mentions God, Gets Mic Turned Off Options

[Hartmann]

http://www.wral.com/news/9398124/detail.html
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/200...ws/8014416.html

The ACLU is a bunch of hypocrites...

People have said "she was preaching"... WHERE?! Where in those articles does it say anything about preaching!?

[impala454]

But when she departed from her officially-approved text at last Thursday's commencement ceremony to mention Jesus and the Bible, public school officials cut off her microphone.

I am a Christian, but when you have a valedictorian giving their speech, and their speech has to be approved, but at the actual speech she starts into stuff that wasn't on her approved speech, she deserves to get cut off. A valedictorial speech isn't supposed to be a platforum to discuss your views, it's a reflection on your school past & what's in store in the future. You can't preach during a valedictorial speech any more than you can tell your teacher to "fuck off".

Administrators who vetted an early draft of McComb's speech had cut six references to God or Christ, and omitted two biblical references. They also deleted a reference to Jesus' crucifixion.

Also deleted from her speech was a reference to God's love being so great that he gave his only son to suffer an excruciated death in order to cover everyone's shortcomings and forge a path to heaven.

If you make this many references to your religion in 750 words, you are preaching.