High Court Turns Down Religious Speech Appeal

So Brittany McComb thought she could basically preach at her high school graduation. She graduated as valedictorian and school officials approve speeches before they’re actually made.

School officials asked that she edit her paper to remove references to God, Jesus and the religious tone of her speech, in which she did but upon graduation day, she swayed from the approved speech to her own, saying ““God’s love is so great that he gave up His only son to an excruciating death on a cross so His blood would cover all our shortcomings and our relationship with Him could be restored,” before officials cut off her microphone.

This prompted Brittany McComb to file a suit against the school officials claiming they violated her First Amendment rights but the 9th Circuit dismissed McComb’s lawsuit against school officials in a two-page order in March in which you can read here in PDF format.

Basically to put it short and sweet, the order says, “Defendants did not violate McComb’s free speech and free exercise rights by preventing her from making a proselytizing graduation speech.” It went on to say, “Nor did they violate McComb’s right to equal protection; they did not allow other graduation speakers to proselytize.”

I just have one thing to say about this, justice has been served Brittany. Keep your religion at your church and home, don’t impose it to others. If you want to preach at your high school graduation, attend a private religious school, that’s why we have them. The only other bad thing about all of this is the amount of tax dollars she wasted in filing such a suit, should have just kept with the original edited version that the school approved.