In 2011, a federal judge threatened high school valedictorian Angela Hildenbrand with jail time if she dared pray at her graduation. Then, in 2013, public school officials turned off valedictorian Remington Reimer’s microphone mid-sentence when he started talking about his faith during his graduation address. And, just last year, public school officials censored salutatorian Brooks Hamby’s graduation speech three different times and threatened to cut off his microphone for humbly thanking his parents and God for the gift of learning.
This year, I hope school officials offer more applause about what these high school graduates have to say and less hyperventilating over their religious speech.
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