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K.A. Skala of Denver writes:

Reader Vince Rozmiarek (“Student among the ‘select pompous,’ ” Sept. 13) that Erica Corder “feels empowered to rise above the rules to spread her message” (about Jesus). But she did follow the rules: they are called the U.S. Constitution.
Rozmiarek says he is “all about the freedom of speech and religion, but in a tolerant society there is a time and place for it.” If Corder felt that her faith helped her to earn her school diploma, then the graduation ceremony was precisely the time and place for her to say it. And I am an agnostic.
It is Rozmiarek and the school principal who have a weird conception of tolerance and freedom; they consider themselves free to say and do whatever they want, but they will not tolerate the thoughts of anybody not brainwashed to their own dogmas.
It is they who could not be more pompous. That is the concept of “freedom” that was promoted by the Nazis and the communists, and has no place in this country.

READER COMMENTS

Rule #1 of debate:

If you have to call your opponent a Nazi to make a point and they're not actually engaging in fascism and mass murder, you lose.

Public schools are allowed to create policies that violate student's first amendment rights if they support a legitimate educational goal. (No "Bong hits for Jesus.")

Students were required to submit their speech in advance (policy that supports a legitimate educational goal), and Ms. Corder submitted one but gave another.

She's a deceitfull manipulator who lies to advance the cause of christianity.

Pathetic.

Sorry Skala, you're an idiot and you've been owned.

As were finding out Mr. Skala, you can say just about anything under the sun that God made, but just don't try to speak out on behalf of the Maker Himself.

My karma ran over your dogma.

Is beating this dead horse - again, and again, and again, and . . . - going to improve its chances of winning the Kentucky Derby next year?

Skeptical,

You can keep missing the point over and over again, but no-one will think you're making a valid argument.

SHE BROKE THE RULES

SHE LIED.

YOU WANT TO DEFEND HER AS A GOOD CHRISTIAN.

Your'e wrong.

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