Sharing Stories from our WebBoard - The New School Prayer

I hope this hasn't been posted before...I don't remember reading it, but I feel because of what has happened recently, it is timely.

The New School Prayer
(This was written by a teen in Arizona)

Now I sit me down at 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.
Anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange, or green -
that's no offence; 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' makes 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!

Doreen