"The New Public School Prayer"
Tom Craft, principal at Cedar Shoals High School in Athens, GA, read the following poem to his student body over the intercom before Thanksgiving break:
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.
Although Craft said he simply wanted to provoke discussion about the changing political climate in public schools and claimed he didn't intend "to individualize or to bring ridicule on any particular person with the poem," he was forced to make a public apology.
He wasn't forced to explain, however, how he could be shot if all guns have been banned.
[Via WorldNetDaily]
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