{"id":442,"date":"2011-04-06T14:11:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T18:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/?p=442"},"modified":"2011-04-08T14:00:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T18:00:32","slug":"jesus-is-not-an-illegal-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/04\/jesus-is-not-an-illegal-word.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus is not an illegal word"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A professor at the University of California at Los Angeles\u00a0last\u00a0spring\u00a0prohibited a graduating student from saying \u201cI want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,\u201d in her own graduation speech. Christina Popa says other students were permitted to have their speeches read aloud at a pre-graduation ceremony. Christina was told she would also be allowed, but only if she didn\u2019t mention Jesus.<\/p>\n

UCLA Biology Professor Dr. Pamela Hurley censored Christina\u2019s proposed speech, saying: \u201cUCLA is a public university where the doctrine of separation of church and state is observed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The professor proposed a censored version of Christina\u2019s proposed speech, deleting any reference to Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

When Christina objected, Dr. Hurley threatened, \u201cIf you prefer, Christina, I can read none of what you wrote. I am very sorry that this is a problem for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Navy chaplain Klingenschmitt understood all too well. His career ended when he refused to quit praying in Jesus’ name.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not Christina\u2019s personal spokesman, but I admire her courage,”\u00a0he said.\u00a0“Jesus is not an illegal word, and UCLA has no business censoring her speech, especially if they claim to celebrate \u2018academic freedom.’<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead, Dr. Hurley has terribly misapplied her own twisted idea of the separation of church and state. As a Government school, UCLA has absolutely no right to prohibit Christina\u2019s freedom of religious expression, and she\u2019s earned the right to speak her own words at her own graduation.<\/p>\n

“UCLA is crossing the line of separation, not Christina, and we pray UCLA will repent of their anti-Christian discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n

Want to read more? CLICK HERE<\/strong> <\/a>to read whether faith in Jesus is just too shocking for the news media to handle.
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