Reply #29: There have already been federal district court rulings on this matter before....

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I direct your attention to the case of Guidry v. Broussard:

"Following the practice of previewing , the principle found the speech to be a thoroughly Christian, personal statement of the importance of God, the Bible, and Jesus in her life. She urged all other students to '...give your heart and your life to Him so you can live forever in Heaven with Him.' When the principal requested the deletion of all personal religious beliefs from the speech and she refused to do so, her speech was deleted from the graduation proceedings.

Angela went to court claiming that her freedom of speech was restricted because of its content. In the final analysis the federal district court ruled in favor of the school administration, holding that the primary effect of permitting the speech would have been to communicate 'a message of governmental endorsement... of religion.' Even if there were no actual support or endorsement by the school, concluded the court, there is the danger of public perception of such endorsement; therefore the principal's action was a reasonable attempt to avoid such appearances."


-Fischer, Schimmel, & Stellman. Teachers and the Law. Pearson Education Inc., Boston: 2007. p. 181.


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I never thought that would come in handy.