High School Fight - Graduation Jesus Rebellion

Santa Rosa County, FL - Nearly 400 graduating seniors at Pace High School stood up in protest against the ACLU and recited the Lords Prayer during their graduation ceremony on Saturday. Many of the students also painted crosses on their graduation caps to make a statement of faith. This event follows a lawsuit the ACLU filed against the Santa Rosa County School District, claiming some of the teachers and administration endorsed religion. Liberty Counsel represents Pace High School Principal Frank Lay and school teacher Michelle Winkler.

The graduation prayer protest by the students was preceded by a lawsuit filed six months ago by the ACLU. The school district entered into a consent decree, which essentially bans all Santa Rosa County School District employees from engaging in prayer or religious activities. The ACLU alleges that during a dinner event held at Pace High School, Principal Lay asked the athletic director to bless the meal. In another incident, the ACLU alleges that Michelle Winklers husband, who is not a school board employee, offered prayer at an awards ceremony. Leading up to the graduation ceremony, t The ACLU then charged Principal Lay and Ms. Winkler with contempt of court.

The students at Pace High School were furious with the ACLU hijacking their free speech rights As soon as Principal Lay asked everyone to be seated at the ceremony, the graduating class remained standing and recited the Lords Prayer. The ACLU has not taken any legal action yet but has stated that something should have been done to stop the prayer.

Mathew D. Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, commented: Neither students nor teachers shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate. The students at Pace High School refused to remain silent and were not about to be bullied by the ACLU. We have decided to represent faculty, staff and students of Pace High School, because the ACLU is clearly violating their First Amendment rights. Schools are not religion-free zones, and any attempt to make them so is unconstitutional.

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[Wolfie9X9]

You know what? Me and some of my Athiest friends are gonna recite a part of "The God Delusion" To make it fair.

[emzirek]

@Wolfie9X9

Yeah? Go ahead - Be that man/woman of action. Let's see how far you really get with that. I doubt you will get far, and probably be laughed at. Go For It!!

[emzirek]

...by all means do so. The accosted must know that they're in society & shit happens. If a student wants to tell the other that they're ugly & use brute force then you have a boundary issue that needs to be addressed. I've no problem with students having freedom of speech. Let 'em bring it on. They had better be prepared for a verbal encounter with the likes of me, as I can cuss the paint off the wall. Also, we all learn that some peeps in the world you don't mess with. They are fools with guns.

[kubush]

So you would have no problem with Muslim students interrupting the graduation and praying to Allah? Would you stand up for Muslim students, Hindu students, etc? I very much doubt it. Hypocrite.

[ACDCfloyd]

a prayer sponsored by the school is unconstitutional, that much has been made clear. the school also cannot approve students speeches beforehand with religious endorsements, at least not at events which the school would be seen as fully approving and endorsing the student. that has also been proven unconstitutional. the hate for the ACLU in unfounded; hate on the constitution or the judges which upheld it if you feel you must vent your anger. i feel for the non-christians in this class.

[scorand]

@131995pinkgirl well a majority of christians are as i described, so its not just jumping to conclusions. and when you question any of them they'll tell you that just because they call themselves such they cant be wrong becasue christians are always right nomatter the rfeality

[scorand]

@lover3963 wow. your complaining and making an acusation on dusty that christians so commonly do themselves.. typical.. just because they dont agree with you and are happy it pisses you guys off

[scorand]

@countryboy1949 yes they did and its historicly in the constitution. and as stated several times by the founding fathers to protect the people from church dictatorship

[131995pinkgirl]

@scorand now lets not jump to conclusions christians as you described are not true christians just because pretenders do so you dont have to blame it on the whole christian community

[quicksliversbutt]

18 dislikes, 9 likes... i'm seeing a trend...

[KeithwMiller71]

thats the way its done. i would kill the man or woman that takes away my rights

[scorand]

@BenAliGtor saddly your 100% correct.. to bad they dont use their god givin brains.. and yea pun intended..lol

[BenAliGtor]

@scorand: Reich Xians are not the sharpest knives in the drawer when it comes to making distinctions in constitutional or other legal matters, as you have indicated. But the fact is, so long as the mercenary religionists among them can pimp it to the sheeple in the pews as part of their "Christians in America under siege" propaganda, they'll continue to cash in on episodes like this.

[scorand]

@BenAliGtor to bad the reich wingers wont see that.. they'll make all kinds of bs claims about the aclu trying to take away theier religous rights..

[scorand]

@OneNationUnderGodUSA they came to pervert our constitution?? nut job christians are doing this one.. they are cherry picking just like they do with the bible.