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Matthew Fraser gave the
following speech at a high school assembly in
support of a candidate for student
government office:
"I know a man who is firm -- he's firm in his
pants, he's firm in his shirt, his character is
firm -- but most . . . of all, his
belief in you, the students of Bethel, is firm.
Jeff Kuhlman is a man who takes his point and pounds it in. If necessary, he'll take an issue and nail it to the wall. He doesn't attack things in spurts -- he drives hard, pushing and pushing until finally -- he succeeds. Jeff is a man who will go to the very end -- even the climax, for each and every one of you. So vote for Jeff for A. S. B. vice-president -- he'll never come between you and the best our high school can be."
(In Bethel, the Supreme Court concluded that Fraser's speech could, consistent with the First Amendment, be the basis for disciplinary action by the the Bethel School District.) |