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To: greenspirit who wrote (41881)	6/26/1999 2:25:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

The article doesn't give enough information for me to comment on the case, as it doesn't give the context of the proposed speech. Was he the validictorian? I know they usually give speeches, and sometimes salutitorians. I can tell you that the First Amendment doesn't give you the right to have a forum in which to speak. I don't have the right to go to your church and try to preach during the service, I am sure you would agree. Similarly, neither you nor I have the right to force the New York Times to carry one of our essays on the Op-Ed page. If other students were speaking publicly about their religion, then that student had the right to speak about his religion. Otherwise, I fail to see what legitimate school purpose giving one student a forum would have entailed. But if he were the validictorian, I don't think his speech should have been censored. Even if he were advocating burning the flag. Exception made for obscenities, however. * * * EXCERPT FROM: ROSENBERGER V. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 515 U.S. ___ 94329 Though our Establishment Clause jurisprudence is in hopeless disarray, this case provides an opportunity to reaffirm one basic principle that has enjoyed an uncharacteristic degree of consensus: The Clause does not compel the exclusion of religious groups from government benefits programs that are generally available to a broad class of participants. See Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School Dist., 508 U.S. ___ (1993); Zobrest, supra; Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990); Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, 489 U.S. 1 (1989); Witters v. Washington Dept. of Services for Blind, 474 [Page 11] U.S. 481 (1986); Mueller v. Allen, 463 U.S. 388 (1983); Widmar, supra. ***