I guess it’s time for another rant.
Every day I see “Let’s put God back in school.”
Let’s not.
First of all, our freedom of religion guarantees that
neither the federal or state government can tell us how to worship in our
country. This was the
most important amendment to the Constitution of the United States. It gave us freedom to speak and worship as we
wish. The basis for this goes all the
way back to Maryland Colony in 1634.
This amendment was not established to take God out of
government but rather to keep the government out of our churches. School is, whether we like it not, an
extension of the government because in our country, we have government funded
education that is free to all.
If you can’t see the conflict already then I will spell it
out. How can you run a public school for
all children but force a certain belief system on them? Christians can’t agree with one another on
much so why would I want someone else teaching my child about faith? That job is and has always been the job of
the parents, not the state or federal government and I don’t think I want to
trust it to them now.
Schools have been tasked with a job beyond what was
originally intended. They now are expected
to teach morality and to baby sit as well educate. Do we really also want them to teach our
children what they are allowed to believe?
What if they teach my kids things I disagree with?
Let’s not put God in school.
Let’s teach our children about God in our homes and our churches instead. And let others do the same with their own
religion.
