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Praying in School Can Get You Locked Up.
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Something else that doesn't make sense.

I'm adding a Prayer in School Ban poem here that someone wrote who was right on the money. I don't know the author's name, but he/she has an excellent grasp on reality.


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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Reviewed by Danny Von Kanel
Reviewed on September 3, 2006
I love your poem. Right on the money. Our kids can still pray in school but it has to be self motivated and in the quietness of the moment. Unfortunately, it is increasingly difficult to pray when it is not student initiated. Our laws have held constitutional for instance, "See You at the Pole" where many gather once a year around their flagpole but have ruled out praying at graduations and ballgames. Many schools in the south still do both, praise God!

Reviewed on August 5, 2006
Tell it like it is Dana, I agree with you wholeheartedly
God Bless
Michelle~

Reviewed by Dove JoAnne Cromp (Reader)
Reviewed on August 4, 2006
Tell it like it is~~ TRUTH!! God help this nation..

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