Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn R-Texas today issued the following statement regarding Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Bierys recent order prohibiting Medina Valley Independent School District from allowing public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony:
As valedictorian of Medina Valley High School Angela Hildenbrand has earned the right to deliver a graduation speech that is uncensored by a federal judge. The district courts decision to quote the late Chief Justice bristles with hostility to all things religious in public life. This heavy-handed activist decision is exactly the wrong civics lesson to teach to the Class of 2011 and it should be overturned by the Fifth Circuit.
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn R-Texas today issued the following statement regarding Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Bierys recent order prohibiting Medina Valley Independent School District from allowing public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony:
As valedictorian of Medina Valley High School Angela Hildenbrand has earned the right to deliver a graduation speech that is uncensored by a federal judge. The district courts decision to quote the late Chief Justice bristles with hostility to all things religious in public life. This heavy-handed activist decision is exactly the wrong civics lesson to teach to the Class of 2011 and it should be overturned by the Fifth Circuit.
