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

-- Anonymous, September 06, 2001

Answers

"Prayer" is hardly new. Issue is old and stale.

The UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECIDED THE PRAYER AND BIBLE READING CASE IN : 1963.

DEAL WITH IT. IN YOUR HOMES AND HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND NOT IN PUBLICALLY FUNDED BUILDINGS.

-- Anonymous, September 06, 2001

On March 6, 1857 the Supreme Court of the United States handed down the infamous Dred Scott decision that gave legal justification to slavery and declared that black persons have no rights or legal protections. In the words of the decision, the black man has "no rights which any white man is bound to respect." The court further ruled that the Congress has no power to prohibit slavery in the respective states.

The decision was devastating, and March 6, 1857 was one of the darkest days of American history. The abolitionist movement appeared to be defeated, and their spirits were almost broken.

Nevertheless, within ten years of the decision, slavery had been abolished and Dred Scott was a bad memory. This reminds us that a nation's memory can be changed.

DEAL WITH IT

-- Anonymous, September 07, 2001

WELL SAID. Unkle Chuckie doesn't like God....wonder if this terrorist thang has changed his tune?

"IF my people which are called by my name will turn and humble themselves to pray, then I will heal their nation" - ALMIGHTY GOD

Dealt with it LONG AGO

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001

YOU speak directly FOR GOD? Do you claim that?

So does Bin Laden.

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2001

man chuckie, you are nutz. have you ever tried reading the bible? didn't you know that line is an almost direct quote? God speaks for God....YOU don't, chuckles.

And Bung Laden can go to HELL along with his false god.

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2001

Interesting watching True Believers beating one another over the heads with their personal inflexible mindless dogma. As many have pointed out, the *real* enemy we face is this kind of rigid self- righteousness put into action.

Walt Kelly was so right when he had Pogo state that "we have met the enemy, and they is us."

-- Anonymous, September 23, 2001

Like the prayer. makes sense in this day and age....who would ever have thought that one day, even the "christians" (little c) would fight to keep God out of schools.....even seeing the history of what that can do.....in the 60's when prayer was removed, our nation began a very fast slide into chaos.....hell in a handbasket, some say.

Why do these people call themselves "christian"?

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001