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Religious Freedom???
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision making
school-initiated prayers on public address systems before high school football
games unconstitutional, many communities across the country, and the Christians
who live in those communities, have stepped out in faith and with boldness to
demonstrate they don't agree with that decision. Since the fall football season
kicked off, God-fearing citizens in states such as New Mexico, North Carolina,
Ohio, Arkansas, Maryland, and Mississippi have chosen to pray the Lord's Prayer
in unison immediately following the National Anthem. Others have chosen
different approaches.
Still another, a high school in eastern Tennessee, chose to NOT pray over the PA
system, but instead used the opportunity to remind the football fans that night
why it is important that we SHOULD pray. Mr. Jody McLoud, Principal of Roane
County High School in Kingston, TN, stepped to the microphone on Friday evening,
September 1, 2000, and spoke these words:
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| "It has always been the custom at Roane County High School football games to say a prayer and play the National Anthem to honor God and Country.
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| "Due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, I am told that saying a prayer is a violation of Federal Case Law.
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| "As I understand the law at this time, I can use this public facility to approve of sexual perversion and call it an alternate lifestyle, and if someone is offended, that's OK.
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| "I can use it to condone sexual promiscuity by dispensing condoms and calling it safe sex. If someone is offended, that's OK.
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| "I can even use this public facility to present the merits of killing an unborn baby as a viable means of birth control. If someone is offended, no problem.
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| "I can designate a school day as earth day and involve students in activities to religiously worship and praise the goddess, mother earth, and call it ecology.
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| "I can use literature, videos and presentations in the classroom that depict people with strong, traditional Christian convictions as simple minded and ignorant and call it enlightenment.
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| "However, if anyone uses this facility to honor God and ask Him to bless this event with safety and good sportsmanship, Federal Case Law is violated.
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| "This appears to be inconsistent at best, and at worst, diabolical. Apparently, we are to be tolerant of everything and anyone except God and His Commandments.
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| "Nevertheless, as a school principal, I frequently ask staff and students to abide by rules which they do not necessarily agree. For me to do otherwise would be inconsistent at best, and at worst, hypocritical.
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| "I suffer from that affliction enough unintentionally. I certainly do not need to add an intentional transgression.
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| "For this reason, I shall, 'Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's,' and refrain from praying at this time. However, if you feel inspired to honor, praise and thank God, and ask Him in the name of Jesus to bless this event, please feel free to do so. As far as I know, that's not against the law— yet."
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| AND...one by one, the people in the stands bowed their heads, held hands with one another, and began to pray. They prayed in the stands. They prayed in the team huddles. They prayed at the concession stand. And they prayed in the announcer's box. The only place they didn't pray was in the Supreme Court of the United State's of America— the seat of "justice" in the one nation under God.
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| Somehow, Kingston, Tennessee, remembered what so many have forgotten... we are given the Freedom OF Religion, not the Freedom FROM Religion.
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| Praise God that His remnant remains!
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