tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post6421617587071939798..comments2024-03-19T07:30:55.288-04:00Comments on Curmudgeon: Censored Graduation SpeechCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-39381672277417965862011-06-23T10:14:38.184-04:002011-06-23T10:14:38.184-04:00Obviously evangelising a captive audience. These a...Obviously evangelising a captive audience. These are children, not adults. He prepared a speech better for a Church experience. <br /><br />A question though based on his bitch about being sensored, how does one become Validictorian with a remark that fials basic civic's let alone distorts history?"It saddens me even more that the founding fathers created the first amendment, but today Congress has changed it to exclude those that they do not want to speak and defiled the principles on which this country was built on."G Goldringnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-88079306261840610222011-06-21T11:03:20.857-04:002011-06-21T11:03:20.857-04:00Except, Unknown, that at a PUBLIC school, you may ...Except, Unknown, that at a PUBLIC school, you may talk about a whole range of subjects including some that would not feel comfortable to various audiences, but you may not proselytize for a religion. The young man's speech crossed that line, in my opinion. The young man would of course be totally free to make the same speech in a venue that was not supported by tax dollars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-11121057331466103052011-06-20T11:02:46.103-04:002011-06-20T11:02:46.103-04:00I think it's amazing that if they want to talk...I think it's amazing that if they want to talk about their gay lifestyle or any other thing, that would be okay, but if you speak about your faith.. that cannot be protected. Freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. Oh, and the free speech applies to all speech, not just what you want it to apply to.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09199890173953877158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-70903029382699852782011-06-20T10:50:41.966-04:002011-06-20T10:50:41.966-04:00Yup. Bit much. This would have been appropriate ...Yup. Bit much. This would have been appropriate for the end-of-year service that many churches have for the students in their congregations who are graduating. Or for a religious high school. Not at all OK for a public high school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com