Oh, yes it is, ppaul. I've tried to maintain a respectful and Christ-like attitude on this thread, and in return I've been called immoral, evil, and comparable to one sending one's Jewish aunt to vacation on the Rhine in 1942.
Some of you folks may call yourselves Christians, but many of you have gotten your own political opinions twisted up in self-righteous judgements of people and things of which you are totally ignorant.
Many of you aren't the kind of people I care to spend time with, and it isn't because I've drawn other conclusions, or disagree with some of your positions. It's because you are so blatantly intolerant of anyone who does not share your narrow worldview, that you are the antithesis of what a true Christian is supposed to be.
My children, my husband and I have been able to share the love of Christ in our school district. We have made a difference in this world because of our choice to stay involved in the public schools, and have not been ashamed of the Gospel. To tell the truth, I have rarely seen the ugliness in the 'world' that I have seen right here on this thread from some of you, and I seriously doubt that anyone lurking would be drawn to Christ by reading what you have written here. I hope you stay away from public schools. They don't need to see such negative examples of what Christianity is all about.
My prayer is that my life will reflect the love of the Lord wherever I am (even in anonymity on a forum such as this), and I thank God that our children, who have been nurtured at home, and strengthened by being in public schools, are not as filled with arrogance and hate as you so-called christians are.
I have pinged some of you who have been civil in this discussion, and I thank you for doing that, but I would caution you to see what kind of company you are keeping here.
200 years ago, chattel slavery was woven into our social fabric. England abolished the practice with the stroke of a pen, and phased the slaves into liberty over a 20-year period. Today, the majority of black physicians and engineers in America are of West Indian extraction.
Unitarians pushed for an immediate resolution, damn the consequences. 600,000 casualties and 140 years later, we are still living with those consequences.
The Methodists took an intermediate approach. Slave owners and slaves were all welcome to attend. (the balconies in older methodist churches were called "n-word heavens"). However -- slave owners were not permitted to hold office in the church.
This seems like a policy worth emulating today. Public education is deeply entrenched in our social order. We will need these concentration camps for the children of the irresponsible for another generation, perhaps. However -- church leaders should model now what will be the default Christian position then -- parental responsibility for their children's Christian education.