The issue was whether Gearwar’s speech was a personal testimony of how Jesus Christ changed his life – or if it was an act of proselytizing.
During the graduation ceremony, several audience members encouraged Gearwar to read the censored and redacted portions of his speech. The Christian teenager declined to do so, explaining that he had given his word to the principal and the assistant principal that he would abide by their decision.
I appreciate Gearwar’s respect for his authorities. I only wish he had been able to tell his story.
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This sad episode took place in Vermont, the Mississippi of the Northeast.
If there is any God loving Americans in Vermont,for crying out loud stand up.Vermont is another shithole,for corruption and satanic beliefs.Next to SanFrancisco,Portland,Massachusetts just to name a few.
When are the F::::::G morons who made these rules in Washington and state and local governments goinbg to understand the the Constitutions exhorts them to “make no laws” regarding religion???? it ain’t rocket science.
“We are absolutely strong supporters of free speech,” Blanchard told Fox News Radio.
Author’s Note: I tried to sugarcoat my response to make it more palatable to the squishy-middle squeamish, as well as for those suffering from perpetual perennial PC disorder, but sometimes that just doesn’t work.
I expect that, any day now, the People’s Socialist Soviet of Vermont will secede from the union. I can hardly wait….
cultural suicide i think that remark stated above describes the downward spiral that we as a nation seem to be sliding down.