AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Donald Beaulieu, iFlo Fitzpatrick, iMargaret Evans, iEmily Karlewicz, iMichael Charles Messineo, iRoger Vizi, iPatricia Sims, iWilliam Martell, iMORGAN ST. JAMES, iPawan Mishra, i

  Home > Sociology > Articles Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry      Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

Walt Hardester

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Success story
· Articles
· Poetry
· News
· Stories
· Blog
· 390 Titles
· 5,174 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Mar, 2007

Walt Hardester, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.


New School Prayer
by Walt Hardester   
Rated "G" by the Author.
     
Recent articles by
Walt Hardester

• Homeland Security
• Accidental Suicide?
• Two Wolves
• Went To A Concert Last Night
• Ten Year Anniversery On Authors Den
           >> View all

Written by a 15 year old high school student in Arizona, no name given. Thought I would pass it along

























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 taugh 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!
 


Want to review or comment on this article?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?
Reviewed by John Martin
Reviewed on December 23, 2007
How refreshing. The brain washing doesn’t seem to be working. There is hope for this world after all.

Reviewed by manny moreno
Reviewed on December 11, 2007
What a trip Walt.
I remember when I was in school, back in the early sixties, we had to pledge allegiance to the flag and it was okay to pray too.
Strange how in the progress of progress, the branches that held together the tree were stripped away until only now a stump is left for the children to learn from.

Reviewed on December 5, 2007
Spot on, and ain't it sad. No wonder our Nation is no longer blessed...

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :(

Reviewed by Charlie
Reviewed on December 5, 2007
Oh, but isn't that the truth! --Charlie

Reviewed by Randall Barfield
Reviewed on December 4, 2007
I'd seen it too. It's chilling, to say the least. Why can't we have a referendum of some kind to decide this issue once again?

Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on December 4, 2007
I've recieved this two or three times via email and I continue to pass it on. With your graphic and the words, it makes a great post to print and hang.
Thanks Walter!

How's the new digs?
Love,
Susan

Reviewed by Rebecca Lerwill
Reviewed on December 4, 2007
Impressive work, right down to the core. Besides the sad thruth of the poem, I'm glad to see that our youth doesn't just play by the rules of this wave of rediculous 'politcal correctness', but indeed stand up for what is believed in; Christ Him self!
Bravo to this young student!
R~

Reviewed by LadyJtalks LadyJzTalkZone (Reader)
Reviewed on December 4, 2007
Well said, this kid deserves some sort of applause for thinking. It's so true that it's scary. Lady J

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on December 4, 2007
This is the sad reality of our world today.......no wonder the GUY UPSTAIRS IS SHOWING HIS ANGER WEATHERWISE!!

Thank you for sharing!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed on December 4, 2007
If they remove God, we are truly doomed. God help us!

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on December 4, 2007
It is sad that kids are even now starting to feel the senselessness of these over Zealous rules that grant freedom to one group by reneging it from another.

Fee

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on December 4, 2007
They had gone way to far wishing not to offend other religions or credos by forbidding prayers on schools.
When you come to America you knew before hand that this is a christian country, don't complain, accept it or don't bother to come.
Other lands will not ever entertain to thoughts of prayer's prohibition at their schools for your sake.
Take back America and hold the door open for those that don't like our way of life...and the way we worship God.
Georg

Popular Sociology Articles
  1.  Dedicated to all of our law enforcemen
  2.  With Little Recourse
  3.  Social Work Month Mindfulness Living I
  4.  Ngg
  5.  Land of the mushroom people
  6.  Country of Me
  7.  Art of Social Justice: the Kittens' Vi
  8.  Joe Biden is my President Elect!
  9.  Country Stolen, Honor Lost, What happe
  10.  Judge Gary Larson, Hennepin County,Val
  11.  Idealistic Musings
  12.  My view of Dating and Sexism
  13.  GOOD PEOPLE vs. ARROGANT S.O.B's
  14.  Some Disturbing Flaws in Our Criminal
  15.  MEDIOCRITY ... THY NAME IS ... APATHY
  16.  BLACK LIVES MATTER
  17.  OPEN LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE - TO CO
  18.  REPARATIONS ?
  19.  Why Prisons Don't Work (As Well As The
  20.  C. Wright Mills: A Young Turk in the f
  21.  Industrial Espionage?
  22.  PERSONALITY CONFLICTS -
  23.  Surf Rage: a cultural dynamic?
  24.  Abortion, Then And Now
  25.  It was at that Time and long, long ago

Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

The Angel of Luxury and Sadness, Volume 1 by Ian Irvine (Hobson)

A detailed study of the origins of the New Alienation. The author labels it normative or postmodern ennui and traces its rise to cultural power over the last two centuries.  
Member BookAds

'Omeless Olympics 'Andbook by RickthePoetWarrior

A Dream Come True. Unfortunately yes if you don’t read this book.  
Member BookAds

Sterrorilization by RickthePoetWarrior

Black white (well sort of pinkish) etcetera, Christian Muslim etcetera, Hetero-Homo-Metro Sexual, Physical, Mental, Ow! Includes all human rights violations I could think of.  
Member BookAds