Free Speech not Respected

Worse than Communism

A 5th grade student won first place after he gave a speech about the history of people using religion to justify murder, but was stripped of his title the same day by a school official.

Zachary Golob-Drake gave the speech to his class at the Patel Partnership School in hopes that he would be chosen to represent the school at the regional 4-H Tropicana Public Speech Contest.

Zachary said the assistant principal told him his speech was inappropriate before school was dismissed.