Let me try to explain it...
The girl is in the wrong because the message does not bother anyone. It's much more of a message about values and how students can be better people than a "prayer." Remove "To our heavenly father" and it's nothing religious whatsoever. The girl is apparently a raging atheist like the ones most of us already agreed suck, so she decided to ruin it for all the other kids and get her 15 minutes of glory by getting this removed.
The "I'm defending the constitution" excuse is laughable. I mean, really? The judge is also in the wrong because, especially in a case like this where no harm whatsoever is done and the "prayer" is a nice school tradition that most students like or are at least okay with, the SPIRIT of the law should be followed, not the letter. The message is good and valuable as it is, and it's for the better of society for it to stay. More harm is done than good by removing a message like that.
What would have happened if the request of the girl was denied? ...Nothing. She might've complained and the left-leaning media might've made an issue out of this, but certainly nothing NEARLY as bad (for all parties involved) as this would've happened.
What happened now? The girl has to be escorted by freaking police to school, she's denied service, a ton of people in her town hate her... And many people are offended by the message being removed. And the school loses a good message that can be a nice inspiration to students, religious or not.
Do people defending the judge's decision seriously not see all this?
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