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Letters to the Editor 05-30-2000

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School

Editor, Times-Union:
Hello everyone ... I usually don't forward this kind of stuff but with all that has been going on lately in our society I think this is pretty interesting.

This was written by a teenager out in Arizona somewhere.

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,

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
Tim Ellis
WarsawÊ
via e-mail

History

Editor, Times-Union:
Someone asked "...when will all citizens come together and acknowledge theÊgun problem?"

Actually that very topic was debated and finally taken care of December 15, 1791. Those that do not know history are doomed to repeat it.

Daniel Stevens
Warsaw
via e-mail