From: Bill Lucy 

In article ,
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,

Unless you are in the Philadelphia school system this fall. 

> 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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