Students Make A Stand For Their Rights, Defy ACLU And Judge’s Order To Censor
Posted on May 21, 2006
Hats off to Russell County High of ‘06! One thing is for sure, the liberals can’t say this was government endorsed. I applaud these young men and women for standing up for their rights, and setting the example for others. The ACLU filed suit on behalf of one student who felt offended that a prayer would be included in their graduation ceremony. U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley granted a temporary restraining order sought by a student. Here is how the students responded to the attempts to censor them.
The senior class at a southern Kentucky high school gave their response Friday night to a federal judge’s order banning prayer at commencement.
About 200 seniors stood during the principal’s opening remarks and began reciting the Lord’s Prayer, prompting a standing ovation from a standing-room only crowd at the Russell County High School gymnasium.
The thunderous applause drowned out the last part of the prayer.
The revival like atmosphere continued when senior Megan Chapman said in her opening remarks that God had guided her since childhood. Chapman was interrupted repeatedly by the cheering crowd as she urged her classmates to trust in God as they go through life.
The challenge made the graduation even better because it unified the senior class, Chapman said.
“It made the whole senior class come together as one and I think that’s the best way to go out,” said Chapman, who plans to attend the University of the Cumberlands with her twin sister Megan.
The graduation took place about 12 hours after a federal judge blocked the inclusion of prayer as part of Russell County High School’s graduation ceremonies.
Bravo! A Simple and beautiful story of freedom. Congratulations, you give us all hope for the upcoming generation.
Gateway Pundit provides more photos:
Megan Chapman, right, smiles at her twin sister Mandy Chapman after Megan delivered the opening remarks during the 2006 commencement exercises at Russell County HIgh School in Russell Springs, Ky., Friday, May 19, 2006. (AP Photo)
Correction: Earlier we reported that the student was Muslim. This was actually a student that is in a similar case in a different school. As far as I know, the complaining student in this case is still unidentified.
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They should be very proud of themselves and what they did. It is just one more step in taking back this country and Constitution from those who have tried to twist it to say what they thought it should.
Somehow my pingback didn’t appear.
Anyway, said “unidentified” student (the one that whined to the ACLU), isn’t all that “unidentified.”
Only in a third-world country like Kentucky.
Hey “one without a brain”. I’m trying to understand what your partial sentence means. Are you wanting us to fill in the blank?
Only in a third-world country like Kentucky what? People are brave enough to stand up for their rights when they are being suppressed? What is your problem with freedom?
Also, all of you experiencing orgasms over this slow of backwater solidarity are forgetting that it won’t amount to a fart in a cyclone. The ACLU is still going to win, and the students confident that “god” is guiding them are going to wind up in the lower socioeconomic echelon of society, as most hyper-religious Southerners do. And all of the theocracy supporters here will continue to invoke terms like “censorship” even though they don’t apply, and will go on deluding themselves that the U.S. Constitution and Jesus Christ are inextricably linked.
And their “win” isn’t going to keep Southerners from praying in public, not one little bit.
Q: How do you find a “hyper-religious Southerner?”
A: Walk into any large corporation here and ask for the CEO.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”
Pay particular attention to the last clause. It’s not that hard to read or understand. As a matter of fact, even somebody obviously destined for the lower socioeconomic echelon of society ought to have no problem with it at all.
No brain, whatever….
So the ACLU is going to win? The same way the NRA has been kicking their collective butts[edited] in court recently? As a NRA life member and a gun owner I look forward to your single, repeat single attempt at enforcing your God hating platitudes on me and those such as I. You see, I do believe in compromise, I will keep the gun and you will get the ammo. Speaking of the allusion you make equating ignorance and illiteracy to religious fervor…aren’t you the same ACLU folks talking out the other side of your face complaining about how much money the churches have?
I lived in Kentucky for three years, no brainer…both Lexington and Louisville, hardly hicksville. But then again, most folks there believe strongly in a Christian God.
A certain regime comes to mind. They loved the ACLU, and proved so very successful in subjugating the world to their will. But since facing American economic might and military power, somehow the God hating Soviet Union didn’t stack up.
For in truth, you pathetic little man, all you can hope to win is a court case. It ends there. You will lose in the streets. See ya’.
One without a functioning brain:
Third world country like Kentucky?
You have it confused with the regions of the world infected by the same Religion of Pus that this young lady professes to follow. They have regular reliable electricity, indoor plumbing, education for both boys AND girls, and a rule of law that is not handed down by religious leaders, all liberal shrieks of “Theocracy” aside, unlike the aforementioned infected regions.
You are likewise confused about other matters you let yourself comment on:
“The ACLU will win.”
If the prize is the contempt and distain of the citizens who have read such documents as the Federalist Papers, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and one hundred ninety years of court rulings, then they already have. However, continually siding with factions that would delightfully use myopic and specious interpretations of our law as a suicide pact may put this organization in a position where its members may wish that they had thought ahead before actively working against this nation’s interests.
“hyper religious southerners”
Yeah, how DARE THEY practice their religion. Didn’t they get the memo? Listen, if it bothers you that much, then don’t live in the south. There are plenty of enclaves on the left coast that would gladly accept another “nuanced and articulate” dissenter such as yourself.
“theocracy supporters” “censorship” “the U.S. Constitution and Jesus Christ are inextricably linked”
Wow. You trotted out all the tired liberal God-denying memes.
In order:
“theocracy supporters”
Uh, no. See the above mentioned infected nations of the world. If it were true here, Pat Robertson would be president, abortion would be illegal, and heretics such as yourself would be turning on a spit over a slow flame in an unnamed dungeon somewhere. I am Christian, and I want none of these things.
“censorship”
For years, prayer at high school graduation was a no-brainer. Only with the rise of the belief that since God dislikes certain behaviors he must be bad, coupled with the “discovered” doctrine of a wall separating church and state, did it become an issue, because the unfortunate child of an atheist or muslim was in jeopardy of such deep and enduring mental trauma by exposure to a christian prayer that it somehow was regarded as reasonable to deprive the majority christians of any expression of their faith, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF US LAW AND THE ANCHOR FOR ITS MORAL UNDERPINNINGS. Now it is in vogue to deny any expression of that faith in a public forum, which IS, of course, censorship, but it must be ok, since august intellects such as yourself approve of it.
Finally, “the U.S. Constitution and Jesus Christ are inextricably linked”
Inextricably? Perhaps. But the language IS very explicit. Recognition of history, and majority is NOT establishment. As for the denial of a right that was unquestioned for over one hundred fifty years, I can think of no greater perversion of the standard from “freedom of exercise” to “freedom from exercise”.
You are losing, and you don’t even know it.
Very glad to hear that people are standing up to the ACLU — since government won’t. Very nice to see.
Anybody else think One With crap[edited] For Brains needs a woman? Look at his site. He has a special thing for you Jay. Makes me wonder if he has your poster on his wall.
I am glad that some Americans showed a little courage and stood up for their rights.
Mentioning the complainer’s name could be considered intimidation and did not further your point.
The non establishment of religion also includes atheism and no religion is the equivalent of atheism.
The free exercise of religion means that a Muslim should be able to say their prayers without interruption, even when the audience is predominately Christian. The Christians have no need to kneel or anything else accept be quiet while the prayor is said as that is their own right to freedom of expression. They can look at Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego who did just that while refusing to bow to a foreign God.
A Christian forcing a Muslim to say a Christian prayer would violate the teachings of God who clearly stated that Christian weapons were not of the world.
I will say it again. I am happy that some Americans saw fit to stand up for what is right. I hope it is epidemic.
How awesome is that? Who says todays youth has no spiritual passion?
I’d be a lot more supportive had they said the prayers in Hebrew.
We must return to the old time religion.
If it was good enough for Jesus it is good enough for me.
“I’d be a lot more supportive had they said the prayers in Hebrew.
We must return to the old time religion.
If it was good enough for Jesus it is good enough for me.”
I’m sorry, but that’s ridiculous, unless you are going to sell your car, ride to work on a donkey, wear sandals all year round, etc. If God wanted us all to speak the same language He would have let us go at the Tower Of Babel.
I guess no one bothered to tell you guys that the ACLU has defended several Christian groups, including one that was barred by the government from performing baptisms in a local river. The ACLU defended their rights to practice their own religion, just as it defended this students’ rights. Incidentally the ACLU would also defend the rights of the students who said the prayer in defiance of the order as part of their free speech rights, but I guess its not convenient to mention these things.