Originally Posted on March 8, 2008
I wrote this in response to the "New Pledge of Allegiance", written by a student in Arizona. The "prayer" can be found at the end of this post.
I do apologize to anyone who felt this prayer was meaningful in anyway... but I think it's beyond terrible. It is not against the rules in any school to mention the name of God or pray on your own. You don't need to pray out loud for the Lord to hear you. The point of getting rid of the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord's Prayer is not to hinder Christians from expressing their beliefs. When the whole class or the whole school is expected to stand up and recite a Christian prayer, children of different religions feel that they are also expected to recite the prayer. They shouldn't have to feel that way. The point is to take away a little of the pressure that children face to fit in. Children shouldn't have to worry that if they don't want to participate in the class prayer that they will be looked down on by both teachers and peers. School is about education. Children are there to learn. Everyone should feel free to express their own beliefs, and THAT is why prayer shouldn't be allowed in school. Not because we want God to be eliminated, but because every child should feel safe and "normal" regardless of their beliefs.
I'm ashamed that parents in this country teach their children to think this way. I'm ashamed that people use religion to promote hate. And no, I am not the antichrist. I have been raised a Christian and I still think school organized prayer should be banned. There is nothing wrong with the "freaks" who "pierce our noses", but rather with those who judge us. And you want to complain about the fact that "we can get our condoms and birth controls, study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles"... seriously?? It is a historical FACT that MOST people DO have sex before marriage. Do away with the condoms and find everyone you care about infected with an STD. Do away with birth control and you find all of your friends becoming the "pregnant senior queen" and "unwed daddy senior king". Get rid of witchcraft, vampires and totem poles, and you get rid of history, literature, and culture. And what the hell is wrong with totem poles anyway?
If you want to advocate ignorance and judgment, then yes, by all means, please pass this on. God will be the one to judge me and everyone else, including you. If people could all stop judging each other... we wouldn't have issues with prayers in school.... everyone would be truly free to believe what they want.
- Kerriann
THE "PRAYER" :
WRITTEN BY A 15 yr. old SCHOOL KID IN ARIZONA :
New Pledge of Allegiance (TOTALLY AWESOME) !
Since the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord's Prayer
are not allowed in most public schools anymore
Because the word "God" is mentioned....
A kid in Arizona wrote the attached
NEW School prayer :
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 !!
- Kerriann
THE "PRAYER" :
WRITTEN BY A 15 yr. old SCHOOL KID IN ARIZONA :
New Pledge of Allegiance (TOTALLY AWESOME) !
Since the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord's Prayer
are not allowed in most public schools anymore
Because the word "God" is mentioned....
A kid in Arizona wrote the attached
NEW School prayer :
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 !!
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