{"id":77425,"date":"2019-01-21T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T17:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/kentuckys-catholic-diocese-of-covington-banned-gay-valedictorians-speech-in-2018-watch\/"},"modified":"2019-01-21T12:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T17:25:28","slug":"kentuckys-catholic-diocese-of-covington-banned-gay-valedictorians-speech-in-2018-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/kentuckys-catholic-diocese-of-covington-banned-gay-valedictorians-speech-in-2018-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky\u2019s Catholic Diocese of Covington Banned Gay Valedictorian\u2019s Speech in 2018: WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kentucky\u2019s Catholic Diocese of Covington Banned Gay Valedictorian\u2019s Speech in 2018: WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n

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The same Catholic Diocese that oversees Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, home to the students that harassed Native American Nathan Phillips over the weekend<\/a>, also banned openly gay<\/a> valedictorian Christian Bales\u2019 speech at the High School of the Holy Cross last May, according<\/a> to the New York Time<\/em>s.<\/p>\n

The Diocese who issued an apology <\/a>to Mr. Phillips said of Bales back in May that, \u201cSchool officials and representatives of the Diocese of Covington reserve the right to review and approve all student speeches to be presented in public at high school graduations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been on their radar as a rather non-gender conforming individual,\u201d Bale, who is openly gay<\/a>, told the <\/a>Cincinnati Inquirer<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI have worn makeup and bobby pins in my hair to school before. So it seems too much of a coincidence for my critical thinking to think this was just about the speech itself. But I wasn\u2019t going to go up there and give my speech in full drag.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bales made headlines for reading his speech via a bullhorn his father bought him after his speech was banned. Mr. Bales delivered his speech after the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Bales speech concluded <\/a>with a call<\/a>-to-action to his fellow classmates, \u201cWe must take what we\u2019ve learned in this community and apply it to the world we are about to encounter.\u201d<\/p>\n

USA Today<\/em> reported<\/a> that \u201cBales\u2019 speech\u00a0did not refer to his sexuality but instead referenced the ongoing gun-control protests by the students of Parkland High School in Florida, the scene of a school shooting earlier this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch Bales deliver his speech below.<\/p>\n

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