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Supreme court denies high school valedictorian's day in court

From Examiner.com
Original article available here.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court denied Brittany McComb's petition to be heard regarding her lawsuit against Foothill High School's administration. The school allegedly violated her right to free speech in 2006 when her valedictorian speech was cut short due to her references to Christ.

Reportedly, the school gave some informal guidelines to the three students that were chosen to speak regarding speech content prior to the ceremony. Yet, no specific prohibitions regarding faith related material were ever discussed.


In the aftermath, McCombs enlisted the help of the Rutherford Institute to file the free speech suit. This final denial is the last of a long string of legal decisions that have kept this case in the public eye for nearly three years.

John W. Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute, had this to say regarding the decision:

"This is a sad day for the cause of freedom. When the Supreme Court cannot clear their calendar to hear a case of this magnitude, then our freedoms are in jeopardy. Such censorship and discrimination should not be permitted in America."