“SCHOOL PRAYER FROM A TEEN”

By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.
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. 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

Mrs. Shirley Ward
Secretary to the Superintendent
Hannibal School District

(This was written by a teen in Bagdad, Arizona and edited slightly by Hoyt W. Allen Jr.)

Now after years of avoiding Sunday School, we're asking ourselves why do many of our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. It has a great deal to do with, ”WE REAP WHAT WE SOW" (God said that - if anyone cares. Galatians 6:7).
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