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Valedictorian Defies School District and Recites Lord's Prayer [W:618]

Should the school have banned the reading of the prayer by the student?

  • Yes

    Votes: 24 27.3%
  • No

    Votes: 60 68.2%
  • Undecided

    Votes: 4 4.5%

  • Total voters
    88
The speaker was in an earned position, earned through the body of work. What good is it to earn something with which others must agree before it can be enjoyed? That is a restriction of speech no matter how one tries to defend it...

The administration was not required to grant him his speech.
 
He earned the opportunity by being valedictorian.

As stated to Paul, the administration was not required to grant him the speech.

Restriction on his religious expression is what the discussion is about.:shock:

No, you are trying to use that as a red herring. This has nothing to do with any religious expressions. If he lied to the administration and began reciting Robert Frost poems I would still have a problem with his behavior.
 
As stated to Paul, the administration was not required to grant him the speech.



No, you are trying to use that as a red herring. This has nothing to do with any religious expressions. If he lied to the administration and began reciting Robert Frost poems I would still have a problem with his behavior.

You apparently don't know what the discussion is about then...
 
Students are allowed to speak about it at school, is that not school time?

Children can pray on lunch, during breaks and in between classes. They can even hold private bible studies after school. A valedictorian making a public speech at the school to students is not his time, it's school time.
 
You apparently don't know what the discussion is about then...

I know exactly how some people are trying to twist the discussion. But my stance and reasoning is sound and relevant to the topic.
 
Children can pray on lunch, during breaks and in between classes. They can even hold private bible studies after school. A valedictorian making a public speech at the school to students is not his time, it's school time.

That's debateable
 
I know exactly how some people are trying to twist the discussion. But my stance and reasoning is sound and relevant to the topic.

Seeing as I"m the one who created the topic, I think I know what the discussion is supposed to be about.
 
If it goes against the country's laws or school's laws (I'm not an American, so I don't have a clue), then it should have been banned.

But, even if it didn't go against any law--like it wouldn't in many European countries--I'm still surprised people didn't start laughing at the poor young guy, like they would have done over here. That would have kept anyone else, on that day or in the future, from repeating such an act.
 
As stated to Paul, the administration was not required to grant him the speech.



No, you are trying to use that as a red herring. This has nothing to do with any religious expressions. If he lied to the administration and began reciting Robert Frost poems I would still have a problem with his behavior.

I admire him because he broke the rules. I'm indifferent to religious content. :peace
 
I admire him because he broke the rules. I'm indifferent to religious content. :peace

Well, being an anarchist, I am perfectly fine with breaking rules... when the rules are unjust.
 
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