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The Hampton High School class president who expressed her desire to acknowledge God in prayer at her graduation has received support from Liberty Counsel which sent a letter today to the School Board demanding that it protect her and other students’ free speech.

Principal Dale Campbell said that any students who pray or even attempt to pray would be stopped, escorted from the building by police and arrested. The principal has since backed away from his statement, but continues to send mixed messages in the community and among students.

Liberty Counsel is demanding that the school honor the rights of these students and not censor their viewpoints. The law is clear that students do not shed their constitutional rights at the graduation podium. Student speakers who choose to include a religious viewpoint are free to do so. The Principal of Hampton High School has crossed the line from being neutral, which the Constitution requires, to being hostile, which the Constitution forbids.

Read our News Release for more details.

Join with us by taking these steps to help other schools.

1. Forward this email to your friends so they will be informed about graduation ceremonies.

2. Tell us if you learn of a public school attempting to censor graduation messages.

3. Support our Friend or Foe Graduation Prayer Campaign.

4. Order your own copy of Students' Rights on Public School Campuses.

From the hallway to the classroom, from personal notes to final exam reports, from praying around the flagpole to praying before lunch, from wearing a cross to carrying a Bible, or from an after-school Bible study club to a graduation speech, students have the right to express their faith at school.

This booklet explains what you may and may not do, say, write, and wear to express your faith at school. Paperback, 8 pages.
 

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