Is there something in the water in New Jersey?
Ten year-old Kaely Hay of Garwood, New Jersey got into a little trouble at school last week for a poem she wrote to celebrate Thanksgiving at school:"Leaves are falling out of the air, Piles of leaves everywhere
Scarecrows standing high up with the corn, Farmers harvest in the early morn
Pilgrims thank God for what they were given, Everybody say ... happy Thanksgiving!"
Apparently, school officials felt compelled to edit Kaely's poetic masterpiece because some people might be offended by the fact that the Pilgrims thanked a Supreme Being, heretofore commonly addressed in the English-speaking world as God.
Kaely's mother was forced to complain to the school after her classmates voted to post Kaely's poem on a class bulletin board, which was done only after the Divine Name was summarily removed. (It was restored after a cadre of lawyers determined that God could be included in Thanksgiving poems.)
When political pundits, liberals, and newscasters talk about a divided America, they fail to address the question of why this division exists. Bluntly put, it exists because the Rest of America doesn't want to become like those school officials in New Jersey, and be forced to determine whether God should be mentioned in regard to a day meant to give thanks to Him.
posted by Deacon David Oatney @ 11:49 AM
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