Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 06:06:38 0600
To: Rob Weinberg
From: Frank Grose
Subject: School
Rob,
I am forwarding you a message I got from a friend of mine today. As much as I try to accommodate your concerns of the threat of practiced Christianity, such a sad example is not the solution. This is suppression of religious liberty as surely as slavery was suppression of personal liberty.
Hey Frank,
You won't believe this one, it is about how confused teachers are becoming.
On Friday 11/21/97 my Second Grade Daughter had a Thanksgiving feast with two other second grade classes in her school. We did this last year and some of the children dressed in Pilgrim costumes and other dressed in Indian costumes (as close to the Wampanoag Tribe as they understand).
This year they did the same and Parents all provided the Food that the Children feasted on in one class room. This was after the weeks Social Studies Lesson on Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims thanking God for the provisions of Squanto, the Indian guide who taught the Pilgrims how to farm and hunt in the new land, and for all the provision for the winter.
As they started to eat, one of the children asked. "Teacher, shouldn't we Pray over the Food like William Bradford prayed over the first Thanksgiving Meal". Well the teacher was real nervous and said that they could not pray in school any more. And that if they did she and they would get in trouble.
I know this teacher and she in times past would pray, but know she was intimidated by the current news articles and confusion. It is a sad day when 1st Amendment Rights are trampled on by unelected Judges. What kind of message are we sending our children who, like adults, are intimidated about Thanking the God of the Universe for the blessing He has given us? I doubt that William Bradford had all those present just say a silent prayer. History records that the moment that stood out the most in the Pilgrim's memories was Bradford's Prayer.
Prayer is foundational to our lives and history. The Pilgrims not only showed the natives on that First Thanksgiving where they put their trust but asked for God's blessing on the Indians as well. Those first settlers set up a governmental system that respected the rights of the governed but held that Foundational belief that all Provisions and Liberties came from God. Now our Governmental system through Governmental Schools tramples on these belief. When you destroy the foundation what will the righteous do?
BTW, that last quote is from Psalm 11:3.
The kid who asked that question, a second grader, recognized that Thanksgiving meal without a prayer of thanks was just plain wrong. He wasn't coached either. I suppose a prayer to Gaia would have been okay with Judge DeMent, the Supreme Court, and the ACLU!
I'm working on a response to an old message, but it isn't finished.
Frank
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