From: "Jeff Shultz" 

"Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l"  wrote
in message news:3922d777{at}w3.nls.net...
> Really sick.
>
Why? Because it's the truth?


> Maybe we could see the same about from a minority religious student or an
> atheist.

Why do atheists feel so threatened? It's not like I'm gonna hold their
mouth open and shove it down their throats. If they don't agree with
something, ignore it.

>
> Or has everyone forgotten the lesson of Columbine, where the cliques and
> other exclusionary groups were what motivated the shooters?
>
I think it's been shown that regardless of their motivation, the Columbine
shooters fired indescriminately.



> gs
>
John_Beamish{at}dmr.ca> wrote in message
> news:a1d5iskal5n2gsda87dek9f9lllk4ik5un{at}4ax.com...
> > I'm sure many of you have already seen this ... but it was new to me
> > when it arrived in my email.
> >
> > THE NEW SCHOOL PRAYER
> >
> >  This was written by a teen in Bagdad, Arizona.
> >
> >  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.
> >  == line missing here, I think ==
> >  But the Ten Commandments are not allowed.
> >  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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