Reply #20: many times on DU in the past I've seen people post comments that say

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regardless of the speech, that it is anyone's right to speak it (no matter how tacky and ill placed). I was amazed at how 'wrong' some of the speech was that they said should be permitted, but when I thought about it, I realized, yes, they're right generally.

But, hile I agree in freedom of speech in open areas, that at an organized function, hate/graphic speech is not permissible, and she sneakily went off her approved writing, and ruined her chances to give credit to God when she gave a graphic description of the crucification, imho.

This is America - people died to get us free speech. She just figured, oh, sure, I'll say this here. But, the location and type of event should have made it clear to her that a graphic reprisal of the crucifixion of Christ was inappropriate at graduation, so, I guess she wasn't so smart. She has the right to believe in God despite the negative comments in this thread, but to subject a crowd to anything beyond a normal thanking of Christ for His sacrifice, and moving on to other prepared words, was far too much to expect anyone to sit through.