Does no one understand the Constitution?
…said Ginger Smith…
Porn star name.
I'm a moment of silence person myself, but I don't think this is a particularly appropriate thing for the principal to read over the intercom. I never heard the principal read poetry of any kind over the intercom when I was in school.
Exactly. They prove the author's point in stark terms.
Fast-breaking news: Satans minions shriek upon proclamation of the Almighty.
If Scripture now the class recites, It violates the Bill of Rights. And anytime my head I bow Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green, That's no offense; it's a freedom scene. The law is specific, the law is precise. Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall Might offend someone with no faith at all. In silence alone we must meditate, God's name is prohibited by the state.
We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks, And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks. They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible. To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen, And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King. It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong, We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth controls, Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles. But the Ten Commandments are not allowed, No word of God must reach this crowd.
It's scary here I must confess, When chaos reigns the school's a mess. So, Lord, this silent plea I make: Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen
Now I sit me down in school Where praying is against the rule For this great nation under God Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites, It violates the Bill of Rights. And anytime my head I bow Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green, That's no offense; it's a freedom scene. The law is specific, the law is precise. Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall Might offend someone with no faith at all. In silence alone we must meditate, God's name is prohibited by the state.
We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks, And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks. They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible. To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen, And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King. It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong, We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth controls, Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles. But the Ten Commandments are not allowed, No word of God must reach this crowd.
It's scary here I must confess, When chaos reigns the school's a mess. So, Lord, this silent plea I make: Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen
Someday it will dawn on Americans that the best way to deal with many complaints is to simply ignore them.
Don't write them down. Don't "promise action". Don't agree to investigate. Don't call back when the complaint is registered on the complaints hotline. Don't address it. Ignore it. And when it is bellowed louder, ignore it.
The only recourse is the courts.
Make sure you elect judges that will dismiss such cases out of hand, or assess penalties for their frivolity.
Just because you have a complaint does not mean that you have the right to be heard, or the right to be taken seriously. You have the right to complain. On a streetcorner. Where no-one cares.
At present, we are too sensitive to criticism. A parent COMPLAINED! Oh my goodness, we must DO something!!!
Actually, if we ever want sanity to return to America, what we must learn to do is to IGNORE PEOPLE when they make ridiculous complaints. Don't like something? Get over it.
What kind of kids are these people raising?
What exactly is "school prayer" anyway? I don't have a problem if students wish to pray in the school. But I don't think it is appropriate for the school to initiate or lead the students in prayer, whether over the intercom or in an assembly.
That said. This poem was not a prayer. It was a statement.
Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule.
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple or orange or green,
That's no offense, it's the freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise,
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate.
God's name is prohibited by the State.
We're allowed to cuss & dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues & cheeks.
They've outlawed guns; but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the unwed daddy, our Senior King.
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.
We can get our condoms & birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires & totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No Word of God must reach this crowd.
It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot, my soul please take.
More PC. To praise God is considered... well offensive. Showing a gay film on the other hand is a sign of how enlightened and tolerant our schools have become. Our actions are out of whack with our values.
Good point.
Ignorance abounds in this nation of ours, whose real teacher is the national media misinformation mill which easily leads the lazy simple minded who would never think to check something out of a library and do their own research into matters important to the survival of our nation. WHAT.... BE AN INDEMPENDENT THINKER ???? ANATHEMA!!
Is that the Ginger Smith, the noted constituional scholar?
Idiots.......did they actually read the words or are they reacting to the word 'prayer'?