So here I am, trying to raise my family, teach my children morals, right and wrong, and all the other things that parents are supposed to do. Now, as a concerned Dad, with four kids in school I tend to follow things pretty close, and keep up with what they are learning. For years now I have been rather un-happy with some of the choices that I have seen the school districts making. Some of these started back when I was in school, and some are more recent.
It happened back when I was in school, that Christmas became a taboo in school. you didn't have Christmas break, it was Winter break. You couldn't do any class project involving Christmas, but yet we learned all about Kwanzaa, and Hanuka and other spiritual celebrations around the world. We stopped saying the Pledge of Allegiance due to the phrase "one nation, under God". Then I noticed that kids were being suspended for things that I thought were protected in this country. I had a group of friends in school about my freshman year, that actually were suspended from school because they refused to stop their prayer group in the lunchroom during lunch break.
Now, as I drive around town, I notice that churches are being required to remove the cross from the roof top, or front lawn. People are wanting our money to be completely redone, because it say "in God we trust".. It is becoming more and more difficult to be Christian in this Country. I am all for equality. I have no problem standing side by side in a line with people while I pray to my God, and the guy next to me prays to Allah, and the other to Buddah, and so on.. However, I will not stand by and watch as it becomes against the law to pray to my God. But I have to keep my mouth shut when the other guy prays to Allah. We have taken equality about thirty steps too far, and pushed it the wrong direction. It needs to stop. Historic Courthouses having to paint over murals that have been up for hundreds of years, because they depict the ten commandments, which are the basis for all civilized nations in the world. Not the part about God sending them down, but what they say.. Our US judicial system is based on them. As are every other legal system in the world. Remove Christ from our Country, you remove our Country from Freedom. The very freedom that we found this country for. The freedom of religion, choice, speech, practice, look, arms, earnings, and every other GOD given freedom.
But hey, lets not offend anybody else by being free, that would totally suck wouldn't it. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night..
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ReplyDelete(Couldn't find a way to edit, so I deleted and re-posted with some gramatical fixes.)
ReplyDeleteI agree. They should go back to calling it Christmas break; and then only those kids who believe in Christmas are entitled to time away from school. It'd make the malls a little less crowded during the shopping season. Let's not forget Easter vacation too. Not only would non-Easter-believers be unjustified in taking a vacation, but the break time for all schools and colleges in the country would then be rightfully scheduled for the same week (the week before Easter) and all heck could truly break loose. We'll just make all the cops who don't believe in Easter work overtime to maintain order.
Oh, and anyone who doesn't trust in God can no longer use this country's money. If they did, well, they'd be lying now, wouldn't they. Don't even get me started about giving a fair trial to those who are charged in a courthouse where the 10 commandments are posted. If they don't believe that someone talked to a burning bush and carried heavy stone tablets down a hill, well lock 'em up!
And while we're at it, the airlines need to fire all those guy-stewardesses. A stewardess is obviously a chick. Screw adapting my vocabulary to be inclusive rather than exclusive.
(BTW, point me to where a church has been forced to take down it's cross for illegitimate reasons and I will share my opinion in support or defense of the church just as vociferously. I would also fight for the rights of people to pray on their own time no matter the location; so long as there are no extenuating circumstances involved with the request to cease such as obstruction of others who are also going about their own business.
You see, when one person's "freedom" restricts another's, then how is that equality of freedoms?)
I am not bidding for the re-naming of Christmas break to lead into any exclusion of merriment. But as you stated, when one persons freedom restricts another, than it is not equality. I am all for the re-naming of Christmas break to winter break, but when you can not have a class discussion about Christmas, but you can have many about every other custom, that is my problem. I have watched an attempt at equality go too far, and it has excluded those who still follow Christ. All I am asking is for equal opportunity for Christians as well. As for the Church's being asked to take down cross's, when you come visit me, I will show you multiple examples of that. As for the stewardess example, that hardly applies, because they are not called that. And that word being removed from use is not an attack on ones religious choices.
ReplyDeleteHow about this? Why is it that nobody gives a damn about all the Christians who are offended by the use of the term X-Mas? How is it that if a Jewish person walks into a store and is offended by a Christmas tree, that store is asked to remove it? But then if a Christian walks into a store and is offended by a minnorah (spelling aside) he is called Anti-Simetic (again spelling aside) and is called a Jew Hater? That is not Equality!!!!
And those are all isolated A-hole examples. They are not rule. They are not law. You like to throw out general "I heard that somewhere this happened" statements. The fact is that yes, the occasional teacher may either abuse their position or overcompensate in their attempt balance the subject. These are not the societal or cultural norms in this country.
ReplyDeleteThis is a Christian country that (barely) tolerates other beliefs (or non-beliefs) to be practiced. Christianity is so dominant that when Obama's campaign started to really take off and nothing seemed to be able to derail it, some members of the opposition started a campaign to "de-Christianize" him. They outright claimed he was not really a Christian and was actually a Muslim. This movement gained enough traction that cartoons and caricatures insinuating or outright stating this even made the covers of big-name, national magazines and publications. Obama being Christian or Muslim isn't the issue here, it's the fact that the possibility of him not being Christian would be so detrimental to his campaign.
When I was still a store manager, I was confronted by a customer who was not just upset, but outright livid at the fact that we offered our store directory printouts in Spanish as well as English. She had some good points in her arguments, but they were all overshadowed by her obvious racism and her ridiculously loud, argumentative, rude, and confrontational delivery. I also have "heard about" people being labeled anti-(insert "minority" group here) when they have opposed actions or displays that represent the minority. Sometimes that label is probably unjustified and simply used to make news, but from my experience, I'd be willing to bet that there is more to the story in most cases.
Frankly, I find the entire issue of being offended by anything a retailer does in it's marketing or display to be ridiculous. You and I both know that a retailer needs to tailor it's approach to it's clientele. If they make a decision to display or not display something, they have made that decision based on market research that shows that they will make the most profit from that approach. A retailer is not a person. A retailer does not have religious or political views. In particular their marketing and merchandising departments.
Specialized retail outlets, such as a Christian bookstore or a Jewish market, are obvious exceptions to some degree, and the owners/managers will most likely make some level of personal stance on issues, but they are still catering to their core customer.
(Oh, and the x-mas thing... : "Xmas" is a common abbreviation of the word "Christmas". It is sometimes pronounced /ˈɛksməs/, but it, and variants such as "Xtemass", originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation, /ˈkrɪsməs/. The "-mas" part is from the Latin-derived Old English word for "mass",[1] while the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, translated as "Christ".
"In the United Kingdom and among the English, use of "Xmas" is found in a letter from George Woodward in 1753.[7] Lord Byron used the term in 1811,[8] as did Samuel Coleridge (1801)[3] and Lewis Carroll (1864).[8] In the United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. used the term in a letter dated 1923.[8] Since at least the late 19th century, "Xmas" has been in use in various other English-language nations".)