May 30, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Wisconsin school officials reconsidered a previous decision and allowed one high school valedictorian to speak about Jesus in her recent graduation speech.
When Miriam Cattanach, valedictorian of the Class of 2005 of Spencer High School, submitted her graduation speech to school officials, they said any reference to religion, God, or Jesus must go.
The committed Christian said in her speech that Christ is the hope for the future. When administrators censored her speech, her family contacted Liberty Counsel in Florida.
After the legal group got involved, the school changed its tune, says Liberty Counsel president Mat Staver.