New School Prayer

[Isaac]

I got this email @ work and laughed a bit.

A 15 yr old in Arizona wrote this in response to the pledge of allegiance and prayer being banned from public schools.

Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For thisgreat nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall

Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.

To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong.


We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,

When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!

Amen

Heheh I like it!

[Betty]

yeah... I'll pass that on that one.

[mousepod]

It creeps me out.

[Ghoulish Delight]

No thanks. Especially since neither of those have been banned from schools, schools have been banned from requiring them.

Try again.

[Gemini Cricket]

Snopes on the New Prayer
Undetermined whether it's bunk or not, but it's been around since 1999.

[Alex]

Not that it has any impact no the quality of the poem but here's the Snopes page on the history of this poem (record of it goes back to 1985).

[cirquelover]

If it's actually written by a 15yr old, I'm impressed with their gift of rhythm and rhyme(neither of thoose words look right to me).

[JWBear]

<gag>

[LSPoorEeyorick]

But meter, not so much.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong.

⌣⌣⌣/⌣/⌣/⌣/
⌣⌣////⌣/⌣/
⌣/⌣///⌣⌣/⌣/
⌣/⌣⌣//⌣/⌣/

I must admit, I'm persnickety about scansion.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Whoever wrote it, 15 or not, has no idea what is and isn't allowed in schools.