Posted on 10/29/2001 6:59:43 AM PST by truthandlife
People are praying in public places, in open defiance of the Supreme Court. The New York Times trembles.
Children are reciting the Pledge of Allegiance (with those ominous words, ``one nation under God''). Signs proclaiming ``God Bless America'' proliferate in public schools. The ACLU is agitated.
Patriotism and faith (they go hand in hand) have rebounded, and the guardians of multiculturalism and secularism look on with growing apprehension.
On Oct. 21, the Times alerted its readers to a dire development. In the wake of the World Trade Center attack, a prayer was offered before a high school football game in Greenbrier, Ark., even though our liege lords judicial told us in a decision last year that invocations at these events are tantamount to the Taliban's theocracy.
Nor is this an isolated incident.
A proposal before the South Carolina Legislature would transform the state's moment of silence at the beginning of the school day into an audible prayer - another desecration of the Constitution for the Supreme Court's majority. Texas Gov. Rick Perry shamelessly defended his participation in prayers at an elementary school earlier this month.
But First Amendment fetishists are striking back.
In Madison, Wis. - like Berkeley and Cambridge, a community of arthritic peace-marchers - the school board initially banned recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and singing the national anthem.
Some parents - not police and firefighters, you may be sure - were upset by the pledge's appeal to the Almighty and ``militaristic themes'' in the ``Star-Spangled Banner.'' Roughly 20,000 e-mails from outraged citizens, and prospective recall campaigns, resulted in a reversal of this cretinous policy.
Litigation terrorists have threatened to sue the Rocklin, Calif., Unified School District for displaying what the ACLU calls a ``hurtful, divisive message'' (``God Bless America'') on a marquee.
Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, patiently explains that even under the court's twisted interpretation of the establishment clause, ``God Bless America'' and ``one nation under God'' (referred to by one federal court as ``ceremonial deism'') are constitutionally permissible.
Sept. 11 has brought many things into sharper focus.
Politicians are no longer fearful of breaching that mythical wall of separation (words which do not appear in the First Amendment). President Bush proclaimed Sept. 14 a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance. Congress authorized the use of the Capitol Rotunda for a day-long prayer vigil.
The House unanimously passed a resolution urging public schools to display ``God Bless America'' signs in a show of national unity. Not long ago, the high court was keelhauling high schools for posting the Ten Commandments.
New York City's Board of Education has brought back the Pledge of Allegiance to the Big Apple's schools, despite objections of the state ACLU that students who remain silent might be ``scapegoated or targeted.''
A cleansing wind is blowing through the land, clearing away cobwebs in the minds of those accustomed to unquestioningly obeying the elite.
You say you're uncomfortable with references to God in the pledge? Tough. America was founded on religious principles. The pilgrims weren't secular humanists. The Declaration of Independence appeals to the Supreme Judge of the World, not the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Furthermore, if you can't bring yourself to publicly declare your loyalty to America (whatever your politics), you should consider relocating beyond our borders.
If football fans choose to ignore the Supreme Court's politically motivated reading of the Constitution, what will its God-phobic majority do - hijack a plane and crash it onto the field at halftime?
With 5,500 of our fellow citizens dead and the threat of anthrax and smallpox looming, Americans have little patience for cranks and fussbudgets who snivel about public expressions of faith - including those in black robes. In the eternal scheme, they are no more than flyspecks. I've yet to see a sign asking the ACLU to bless anything.
With all due respect and I don't mean to be rude but have you read the Constitution lately? (And any of our other national documents as well as speeches by all of our former Presidents?) I believe you could call our founding fathers both authoritarian and official. They used the name of God all the time.
This is not because of 9/11. This began with the endorsement of Joseph Lieberman as VP-candidate.
Remember, it wasn't okay when George Bush claimed Jesus as a philosopher that inspired him during the GOP primary debates, but it was okay for Lieberman to quote God and scripture during his acceptance speech as Gore's VP candidate.
That is when the quoting of religion by politicians became acceptable again. Now that Lieberman is not the VP, they are trying to put the genie back in the bottle.
-PJ
Why is G-d sometimes used in place of G-d? I do not understand that!
[you replied]Interesting, in what year did this occur? I've always thought that the DoI was an important historical document, I wasn't aware that it had any legal provisions within."
The Declaration of Independence as passed on July 2, 1776, and printed and published on July 4th. Didn't you ever wonder what the 4th of July was all about?
It was passed by the Continental Congress after much debate. In fact, prior to the Declaration, there were months of debate as to whether the 13 colonies should declare their independence. There was a lot of resistance, due to the fact that the British dealt harshly with rebels, primarily by hanging them.
[I said]"It was formally adopted by Congress, and was a the proximate cause of the war between the United States and Great Britain.
[you replied] The war of 1812? There were no wars between the USA and Great Britian before then."
Just who do you thing we fought during the Revolution? You have to be kidding with this question.
I of course meant the second G-d to be God.
THOUGH SHE'S DEAD AND HAS JUST BEEN LOCATED, AFTER 5 YEARS, THIS LADY CONTINUES TO HAUNT US FROM HER SHALLOW GRAVE. GET THIS:
CBS will be forced to discontinue "Touched by an Angel" for using the word "God" in every program. Madeline Murray O'Hare, an atheist, successfully managed to eliminate the use of Bible reading from public schools a few years ago.
Now her organization has been granted a Federal Hearing on the same subject by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, DC. Their petition, Number 2493, would ultimately pave the way to stop the reading of the gospel our Lord and Savior, on the airwaves of America.
They got 287,000 signatures to back their stand! If this attempt is successful, all Sunday worship services being broadcast on the radio or by television will be stopped. This group is also campaigning to remove all Christmas programs and Christmas carols from public schools!!
You as a Christian can help!
We are praying for at least 1 million signatures. This would defeat their effort and show that there are many Christians alive, well and concerned about our country. As Christians we must unite on this. Please don't take this lightly. We ignored this lady once and lost prayer in our school and in offices across the nation. Please stand up for your religious freedom and let your voice be heard. Together we can make a difference in our country while creating an opportunity for the lost to know the Lord.
Please press "forward," CLEAN UP THE MESSAGE, and forward this to everyone that you think should read this.
Now, please sign your name at the bottom (you can only add your name after you have pressed the "Forward." Don't delete any other names, just go to the next number and type your name. Please do not sign jointly, such as Mr. & Mrs. Each person should sign his/her own name. Please e-mail this to everyone that you think needs to read this, and help us defeat this organization and keep the right of our freedom of religion. When you get to 1000 please e mail back to Lisa Norman at electric_yello@hotmail.com mailto:electric_yello@hotmail.com
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If this is a new attack I think the athiests are in for a surprise in light of Sept. 11.
I posted the excerpt from the DOI in response to this poster's claim of God having nothing to do with real American patriotism. And, for you, another question: How could saying/displaying "God bless America" be misconstrued by any reasonable individual as Congress making a law respecting an establishment of religion?
I think you're onto something there. I seem to recall hearing the same thing about Christmas and Xmas, as you mentioned. Thanks for jolting this old man's skull full of mush.
I love it!
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