School silences one, but not the other
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=134458
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 6/11/2008 12:00:00 PMBookmark and Share
A pro-family advocate believes school officials erred in their attempts to
censor student speeches at graduation ceremonies in Park Town****p,
Michigan.
Valedictorian Jed Grooters was warned not to make biblical references in
his speech and complied, but class president Andrew Webster did cite
scripture. Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan
contends school attorneys were wrong in demanding separation of church and
state, and he bases that belief on an appeals court ruling.
"'The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church
and state," Glenn points out. "And the [court's] decision went further and
called the ACLU's repeated references to the so-called separation of
church
and state as 'extra-constitutional and tiresome,'" he notes.
Glenn explains that Webster "picked up the mantle" denied Grooters and
referred to the Bible in his speech. Webster received a standing ovation
at
the conclusion of the speech.
"We are proud of these two high school seniors," says Glenn. "[We are
proud] for their commitment, their faithfulness to the Lord, and their
unwillingness to be muzzled when it comes to testifying to the role
[Jesus]
has played in their lives."
The Michigan family advocate believes Christian legal organizations are
standing in line to help either student, if necessary.
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respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why
"a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v.
Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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