Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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Posted by: lowman
In reply to: None
Date:11/8/2007 8:50:03 AM
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>> WRITTEN BY A 15 yr. old SCHOOL KID IN ARIZONA:
>>
>>
>> New Pledge of Allegiance
>>
>>
>> Since the Pledge of Allegiance
>> and The Lord's Prayer
>> are not allowed in most
>> public schools anymore
>> Because the word "God" is mentioned....
>> A kid in Arizona wrote the attached
>>
>> NEW School prayer :
>> 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 i n 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
>>
>> If you aren't ashamed to do this,
>> please pass this on.
>> Jesus said,
>> "If you are ashamed of me,
>> I will be ashamed of you before my Father."