Not 20 Years Ago

I recently read a Facebook post called the new Pledge of Allegiance. It was a clever and lengthy rhyme about how schools are in trouble because religion is not allowed in schools anymore. To be honest, I was offended. Not because I feel religion doesn’t belong anywhere, but that lack of religion is the solution to everything. This seems to be the way of current political campaigns but I refuse to accept this for schools.

Its good to say that we need some sort of moral compass for our kids. I know that being active in your faith can provide that. The problem is that not enough kids are provided with any kind of moral compass whether it be religious or not. So many kids enter my doors each day without moral guidance and when that lack of morals is displayed, we make excuses.

Think about the state of American families today. Divorce is not only common place, it is considered normal. This was not the case 20 years ago. I was raised by my grandmother due to a lack of willingness to parent by my parents. Normal now but not 20 years ago. I can turn on just about any prime time television show tonight and hear the words damn, hell, ass, and bitch. Everything else is beeped out but you know what they’re are saying. This does not exclude the sexuality that surrounds these kids daily. Normal now but not 20 years ago.

I could tell you stories about the conduct of kids that would either make you mad or melt your heart. We don’t lack religion in schools, we lack families in schools. Schools haven’t changed, families have. Kids haven’t changed, families have. Rebuilding the American family should be our top priority, not adding religion in schools. If we roll back the clock to 20 years ago, religion will come back to schools and we wouldn’t have to post the Ten Commandments to do it.