Expect the Religious Right Supporters

to appeal this Ninth Circuit of Appeals decision ending Brittany McComb's lawsuit regarding an incident at her school where she was the valedictorian, but she veered from her speech to sermonize the crowd.

The case:

Foothill officials unplugged McComb when she strayed from the approved text. McComb contended that she wasn't proselytizing and was just like other graduates in explaining the reasons for her success. In her case, she gave the credit to God.

In court documents, attorneys for the district said that McComb was allowed to give the majority of her speech and make religious references, but that some of her comments were too sectarian or proselytizing.

McComb rejects the argument that public schools cannot be put in the position of endorsing religion because it's "hard for me to believe that anyone at graduation could think I or any other speaker was speaking on behalf of the school system."

I doubt she is going to prevail in any higher court. She disrespected other people's religious beliefs when she preachified at the graduation, and it would not have been reasonable for other students and their parents to get up and walk out. Preaching to a captive audience isn't "free speech."