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Again, these students had already graduated. They were simply attending a ceremony to recognize that fact. IMV, from the reaction I saw on youtube, the vast majority of the audience was in agreement with the speaker. Are you also fighting to have "In God We Trust" removed from our currency? You see, I'm not a very religious person, but I have no issue with its public expression. I'm not interested one way or the other...
Okay, so the majority people who happened to be in attendance at that particular ceremony happened to agree with reciting of the Lord's Prayer. That really doesn't mean anything in the bigger picture though. Also, the fact that the student was a graduate attending a ceremony does not mean he is immune from the rules.
I also can't do certain things on school property. If I was to be a guest speaker, yes, there are certain rules I would have to follow with regards to my speech and how I presented myself. That is just LIFE. There are rules, and nothing that I am aware of was outrageous or an egregious affront to this student's rights. We don't even know if they asked for religious content to be left out of the speech. ALL we really know here is that the boy disobeyed a school rule.