For the longest time we have all heard that bullying in public school is a no-no.
Regardless of race, religion, or sexual orientation, if a child is being bullied, either in school or online by a school hoodlum, then that child was to be protected and the bully punished.
But, did you know that there are certain times when bullying in school is okay?
Now, it may not necessarily involve any students, unless of course they are being abused as pawns to carry forth the bullies’ message.
Such is what is going on in the Southlake Carroll, Grapevine-Colleyville, Keller, and Mansfield schools districts by “a group of concerned parents over a sign that now appears in the hallways of the schools in those districts.
And just what is on those signs that is causing all the “concern”?
Is something along the lines of “Islamophobia. Just Do It!”? No.
How about, “Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll Forever!”? No.
Okay, how about, “Sucker Punch a Teacher and Win Free Tickets to a Cowboys Game!”? No.
No, bullying is now acceptable in at least those school districts over a sign that reads, “In God We Trust.”
Except the bullying has been hired out to some slick-talking lawyers from Austin, and unless those school districts “cease and desist” from their malicious conduct of posting that sign, then it’s going be lawfare time.
You see, it’s not just the wording that’s unlawful; it’s the stars that lie underneath the lettering that is equally a violation of the First Amendment rights of all those students in those districts, and possibly all around the world!
In case you forgot, the First Amendment reads,
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.
This all came about, recently, when the Carroll ISD school board accepted some signs from a pro-Christian business, Patriot Mobile, to hang in buildings around the campus.
Patriot Mobile apparently made the same offers to the other schools districts mentioned above.
When a paganized version of the same sign was offered by the “concerned
parents,” which was rejected, mainly because the schools already had plenty of the signs, then all hell boiled over and on came the bullying.
According to the misguided parents, “Our public schools must be places that affirm all students regardless of race or ethnicity, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation.”
Really? If that’s their argument to condone their bully tactics, then they have failed from the outset, because I seriously doubt that even they want the Satanists bringing their particular messages of death, darkness, and blasphemy to the discussion.
Moreover, I seriously doubt that they want child molesters, convicted felons, or wild-eyed terrorists roaming the halls posting signs, grooming victims, or bribing recruits, who just happen to be these parent’s sons and daughters.
So, these parents already have at least one strike against them based on the legalese of the lawyers who wrote that statement for them.
Then the parents argued (through their bully lawyers, of course), “Our schools cannot be places that prioritize a singular religious ideology nor can they become political battlegrounds.”
Which “singular religious ideology” is promoted with “In God We Trust”?
In fact, how is Congress establishing a law that promotes the establishment of a singular religion by that one statement, which just happens to appear on American money, in American courtrooms, and inside of many city halls?
Has Congress even been contacted over what’s going on with these North Texas school districts?
The expression itself is fairly innocuous and could be interpreted in a variety of different ways.
But, because a Christian company provided the the signs, well, now, that just makes it totally illegal!?
And when we add the stars in the background, which most likely represent the 50 states of the United States, that just goes too far!?
The offenders must be punished by banishing those signs, and then replaced by the more inclusive “In God We Trust” signs done in rainbow colors, thereby replacing the Christian religion message with the pagan religion message, and that’s okay!?
Oh, and the stars have been removed, which makes it palatable for everyone, except maybe those bullied Christians and Americans, who really don’t have a right to exist anyway, right?
What makes the pagan message so beautiful, though, is how those condoning the bullying wish to be thought of as Christians themselves.
According to a Laney Hawkes, from Keller, “As a Christian myself, Christianity is not the problem.”
Is that right? Well, Ms. Hawkes, just what is the problem, since you’ve given the bully lawyers the green light to go after committed Christians and red-blooded Americans over the phrase, “In God We Trust”?
Her answer: “It’s that there’s a version of it being forced upon everyone and that wants to be the basis for which our laws and policies are framed.”
Is that right? So, it’s not okay for Christians to give signs to schools districts, with a message stating, “In God We Trust,” because that is deemed to be forcing a version of Christianity upon them?
However, you, Ms. Hawkes, can force your hypocritical “version” of Christianity upon the schools, the Christians, the non-Christians, the pagans, and perhaps even Santa Claus himself, and that’s okay!?
You and your Leftist “Christian” friends want to be the “basis for which our laws and policies are framed,” and you’ll be damned, first, if it’s any other way–your lawyers are going to make sure of it.
Well, aside from calling your “version” of Christianity into question, may I remind Ms. Hawkes and everyone associated with her, who also might make the same claim, what God has to say about Christians involving themselves in secular lawsuits against other Christians.
God says,
When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? But you yourselves wrong and defraud–even your own brother! (1 Cor. 6:1-8).
For some reason I seriously doubt that Ms. Hawkes or anyone else bringing this lawsuit spent five seconds talking with their Christian brothers and sisters about the issue.
If they did, then they should have walked away said, “I’m not aligning myself with an attack upon something I claim to be a part, namely Christianity. I refuse to do the devil’s bidding to advance the rot in the public school system by defaming those who see God as the only hope of having our children turn out right.”
But, that’s not what Ms. Hawkes, nor anyone else, did.
And now here come the lawyer bullies, who will defame Christians, God, and Christianity with their special versions of all three, and the children, who the “concerned parents” claim they care about so much, will be sacrificed all over again!
Is it any wonder that so many children are so screwed up these days?
The same parents who clamor about how wrong it is to bully are the same parents who condone bullying when it fits their screwed up lives!
