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I just received this today and it wasn’t my planned post. However, it is conceptually part of the series. Therefore, I’m posting it today
1) http://www.westernjournalism.com/school-says-no-to-god-for-project-mother-furious/
“School Says No To God For Project; Mother Furious
by NewsEditor
September 14, 2013
“Memphis mother Erica Shead said she was angry after her 10-year-old daughter, Erin, told her Wednesday that she wasn’t allowed to write about God for a school assignment.”
Watch the video:
http://www.westernjournalism.com/school-says-no-to-god-for-project-mother-furious/
Because GOD has to do with religion, the child could not write about GOD as her idol!
How many times has this type of event occurred in a classroom and received no publicity because the parent(s) either didn’t know or didn’t take the effort to correct the situation? In far too many cases, what occurs in the classroom stays in the classroom.
Now, I do not know the motive of the teacher. I do know that far, far too many school districts do not know what can and can not be done in the classroom.
First of all, the Supreme Court’s decision that incorrectly and unconstitutionally declared a so-called “Separation of church and State” was blatantly wrong and was blatantly political. There is absolutely nothing in the United States Constitution that provides for a “Separation of church and State” as declared by the Supreme Court.
In fact, on two different occasions, I publicly offered $10,000 to anyone—judge, lawyer, college professor, citizen—who could show me the phrase “Separation of church and State” in the Constitution. The only stipulation was that the individual first had to put up $1,000. If I was shown the phrase, I would return the $1,000 and pay out $10,000 on the spot. If I was not shown the phrase, I got to keep the $1,000. Surprise, surprise. There were no takers. There were no takers because the Constitution does not establish a “Separation of church and State.” Period!
It was a phrase used by Thomas Jefferson in a letter in response to a question. Thomas Jefferson was not even in the United States at the time of the proposal of the first ten Amendments and the adoption of the same. (Actually, there were more than ten proposed but only ten were adopted.) Thomas Jefferson was in Europe as an American ambassador during this time period. And yet, Thomas Jefferson was used by the Supreme Court to concoct a restriction that did not and does not exist!
Even with the concocted restriction, school districts took it and take it much further than the Supreme Court did. I wrote my book—The Black Sword: The Secret U.S. Army in Vietnam—at the University of Arizona’s law library over a three year span. In one chapter, I wrote about an event in the Bible—Gideon and his three-hundred man army. To make sure I was writing about it correctly, I went to the law library’s main desk and asked where the Bibles were in the library. (The law library employed law students to maintain the main desk.) I was told that there were no Bibles because it was not legal to have them in the library since it was a public university. What? Ridiculous! Fortunately, one of the librarians heard the question and response and directed me to the section. There were two or three rows of Bibles! It is not and never was illegal to have religious material in public libraries.
I was born and raised in Morton, Illinois. I was educated in that village’s public education system. In the 2000s, I moved back to Morton. Every year before the Christmas holidays, the music department performs religious holiday music. It is perfectly constitutional. However, too many schools cave to small minority groups who threaten a lawsuit over something they deem unconstitutional because of a so-called violation of the “Separation of church and State” non-existent clause. At the present time, there is a law suit in Massachusetts arguing (incorrectly) that the Pledge of Alliance is unconstitutional because it contains the phrase “under GOD!” It is absolutely ridiculous! It is a mockery of the Constitution and what he Constitution actually says!
Amendment I to the United States Constitution
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
The relevant portion of Amendment I for our purposes:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ….”
This is going to upset many conservatives and many liberals too. Can not help it! Notice the first phrase:
Congress shall make no law: This Amendment is directed toward Congress as the law making body of the federal government. That means obviously that the President and the executive branch has NO say in the matter! Furthermore, the federal courts have NO say in the matter. It is Congress that has the say as the law maker and “Congress shall make no law”
respecting an establishment of religion: What does establishment of religion mean? During this time, it was not uncommon for a State (State meaning a sovereign nation or country) to have an established religion for the nation—that is, the established church in Great Britain was the Church of England. Similarly, some of the sovereign thirteen States had an established church as the official church of the State. In Maryland the established church was the Catholic Church. This section of the Constitution prevents the Congress from having an established church for the United States. That is all it does. It does not say the government can not have prayer—Congress prays before a session begins. It does not mean there can be no Bible reading. Bibles were used in public schools throughout the nation to teach reading! It was the most common book in the United States! The first book a family got was overwhelmingly a Bible! It does not mean the ten commandments can not be on public property. The ten commandments and other religious symbols were carved in stone on many public buildings!
prohibiting the free exercise thereof: Congress by law can not prevent someone from practicing their religious beliefs. However, there are practical boundaries on this. Someone can not claim that there religious belief includes sacrificing a child to some god or MURDERING their unborn child and therefore do the practice in the name of their religion.
Notice this: nowhere does Amendment I say anything about a “Separation of church and State!” NOWHERE! Furthermore, nowhere in the Constitution are the courts given jurisdiction over this amendment.
But wait! What about Amendment XIV? Read the Amendment! The courts are not given authority over these Amendments! However, that is another post for another time. The sad thing is that a vast majority of the people in this country do not know what the Constitution says and/or were taught lies and distortions. And the courts and radicals have taken advantage of the ignorance of we the people!
