From: "Jeff Shultz" 

Have you heard the latest from the ACLU? They are suing Richmond County, GA
to change the seal of the superior court there.... after 100 years in
existence, someone noticed that the two tablets representing the 10
Commandments were part of it.

Guess they were having a slow day.

BTW, I seem to remember saying "One Nation, Indivisible... " Not
that anyone says the pledge that much anymore.

Prayers at sporting events and other school functions are pretty much
banned (when someone bucks it, you hear about it). And why _couldn't_ a
teacher lead it?

What was really interesting (quick, alert the ACLU!) was that we had a
prayer at the beginning of my Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course
graduation in the Army. I gave it.

--
Jeff Shultz
http://www.wvi.com/~jbshultz
As a student, my job is asking questions.


"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
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a1d5iskal5n2gsda87dek9f9lllk4ik5un{at}4ax.com>,
John_Beamish{at}dmr.ca
> says...
> > 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.
>
> My niece sent me this a couple weeks ago. I told her much of it wasn't
really
> true. She got a bit apoplectic.
>
> >  Now I sit me down in school
> >  Where praying is against the rule
>
> It's not.
>
> >  For this great nation under God
> >  Finds mention of Him very odd.
>
> No, it doesn't. Anytime we say the Pledge of Allegience, we say "one
nation,
> under God..."
>
> >  If Scripture now the class recites,
> >  It violates the Bill of Rights.
>
> No, it doesn't.
>
> >  And anytime my head I bow
> >  Becomes a Federal matter now.
>
> No, it doesn't.
>
> >  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.
>
> One can even pray out loud, as long as it doesn't disrupt the class.
>
> >  For praying in a public hall
> >  Might offend someone with no faith at all.
>
> A group can pray, as long as a teacher is not leading them.
>
> >  In silence alone we must meditate,
> >  God's name is prohibited by the state.
> >  We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
>
g>
>
> > 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
>
> Amen.
>

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