Joshua valedictorian talks about Jesus, has mic turned off

[TexasTowelie]

Joshua High School’s valedictorian had his microphone turned off during his speech when he began to talk about his faith, deviating from comments that school officials had approved before Thursday’s graduation ceremony.

The valedictorian, salutatorian and historian must submit their speeches for review by administrators before commencement, officials said.

Valedictorian Remington Reimer was muted because his speech deviated from the approved version, Joshua school district Superintendent Fran Marek said.

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“He talked about how God was the reason why he and his fellow classmates had graduated,” said Bair, who organized a senior breakfast the morning of graduation.

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[dlwickham]

1. CENSORSHIP!!!!

just wanted to throw that out there

I'm practicing to be one of the crazies

[msongs]

2. so the speaker agrees then violates his agreement. so much for integrity nt

[TexasTowelie]

5. Yes, the valedictorian does sound like a

Future Republican of America. There is a time and a place for a message like the one that he delivered--and it's called church! It's disheartening that he received a standing ovation for his proselytizing and I imagine that the non-beliebers felt pressured to join the crowd.

[mbperrin]

3. 1. In three decades of teaching, Jesus has never appeared in the classroom to do one damned bit of

work for anybody, and if he did, it would be cheating, just the same as when dad builds your science project.

2. It's a twerp move to punk the school at what should be a simple celebration of passage into the next phase of the graduates' lives.

3. If he can't keep his word or control his juvenile impulses better than that, I sincerely hope they don't allow him into the military and issue him a gun and turn him loose somewhere. He's not ready.

4. How did all the non-Jesus-believing students graduate? Apparently, he's not even bright enough to construct a null hypothesis.

5. Of course, all the usual Koch-funded nitwits will get into it and cost the taxpayers there some money. I do wish that there was a Jesus that would reach down and swat the shit out of evildoers who act in his name.

6. Little doubt it's a monkey-see monkey do from that kid in Tennessee. Some student leader.

[TexasTowelie]

4. Hello mb!

Are you telling me that Jesus never showed up to grade papers or write lesson plans? Now I understand why the school districts had to fall back on the CSCOPE curriculum.

[mbperrin]

6. No, that lazy SOB never did anything at all in the school so far as I can tell.

But that other guy and his minions are always at work, witness CSCOPE!