On June 17, 2011, Kyle Gearwar, the valedictorian at Fair Haven Union High School, had his graduation speech censored by the school principal. The speech contained references to how Jesus changed his life. The Fox News article points out the issue was whether or not the speech was personal testimony or proselytizing (read speech). Fair Haven’s Principal discusses federal law and the limits of religious speech at a comencement ceremony.
Was the student’s 1st Amendment rights violated? What US Supreme Court Case would you use to decide?
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