Valedictorian touts Christian faith in graduation speech after censorship attempt: lawyers.
A North Carolina high school valedictorian thanked God and proclaimed his faith in Christ during his speech last weekend, according to a legal firm that urged him to push back against attempts by his school district to scrub or amend references to Christianity.
In a statement Tuesday, the religious liberty legal group Liberty Counsel announced that a valedictorian gave an "unaltered" graduation speech at an unnamed North Carolina high school that included multiple references to his Christian faith despite the district's attempts to remove them.
In one portion of his address, the valedictorian declared, "I want to thank my Lord Jesus Christ for getting me through because if it weren't for Him, I don't know how I would've gotten through life." Freedom Post.
