Enough is enough!

 

I became extremely vexed this morning while listening to one of the stories on the Today Show.  I have strong opinions (I don't think anyone that knows me will argue with that statement) and I am about to pull out the soap box on this one.  

 

What is the issue?  A microphone being turned off in the middle of a high school valedictorian speech because she had the audacity to mention God.   The representatives of the high school stated that she had been warned that it would happen and that they needed to protect the rights of "all" the students.   They also stated that as valedictorian, she stood as a representative of the school and thus needed to follow separation of church and state.

 

Let me just begin with the statement that the school needed to protect the rights of "all" the students.  Is she not one of those students?  How do they justify that turning the microphone off doesn't take away her rights to freedom of speech?  When the microphone was turned off a major part of the audience started to verbally show their disapproval of the speech being cut short, what about their rights to listen?   Seems to me that they were not actually concerned with protecting the rights of "all" the students, but actually stood to protect the rights of the minority of the students.  

 

Shall we explore some of the irony of this entire situation?  When she was informed that she had earned the right to be the valedictorian she was asked to focus her speech on how she had achieved all she had in her life and in her education.   That is exactly what she did.  Only then did the school inform her that she couldn't actually tell how she felt she had achieved so much because she gave the credit to God.   They asked her to re-write her speech with the necessary changes that they had made.  So actually they didn't really want her thoughts.   Is it going to get to the point that the administration is just going to read a message at graduation to keep control?  What is next?  How far are we going to let this issue be taken?

 

I think that the first thing that needs to happen is that there needs to be a mandatory history class for everyone that lives in the United States of America.   They need to be taught the principals upon which this Nation was established.  The entire premises set was to have freedom of worship/religion.   Every thread that bound this country together concerned God.  If one chooses not to worship God, great there are two choices….understand that it is a major part of our society and choose how to deal with it or, nobody is making anyone stay, go to a country that doesn't have God as a basis of their existence.   Harsh?  Yes.  Reality?  Should be.

 

I am tired of watching every thing slowly disappear because one person is offended and has the means in which to sue.  No prayer in school or mention of God.   Either take out "one nation under God" out of the pledge or stop saying it.  Take down all the statues of the 10 Commandments out of the court houses.   Change all the money because it says "In God We Trust".  No more saying "Merry Christmas".  This list could go on and on and on.   Well it is far past time for the majority to stand and say that these few people are offending us and we will not sit any longer and continue to let this happen to our Nation.  I am not saying take away the rights of anyone.  I am saying that when one chooses to move into a neighborhood, one can't move in expecting to change how everything is done because it offends them.  Refer to the choices above.