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Put Prayer Back In Public Schools!

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    10-9-2007
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    6-23-2009

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We need prayer back in schools. We need God back in schools. Without it, school systems are crumbling and so are the students. Prayer centers your thoughts and makes you think more clearly. We need it!!!!
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America is a free country, public schools should not be forced to pray. That's what private schools can be for.

Then pray silently on your own. Do not force prayer on the millions of students in this country who do not follow your religion.

Amen. Ask and it shall be given Matthew 7:7. So keep praying!!

Something for the Obamabots to "think" about:

OBAMA – LIAR, LIAR:

1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your
birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google 'Obama Selma' for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various
untruths.)
2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the
Kenyan Government.
3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments
Kenya has ever had.
4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence
in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades.
The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law.
Your half-brother, Abongo Obama, is Odinga's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to
speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that....and for more.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/ 080115/issues.h...
Obama's cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga
lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians' homes and then burned men, women and children alive in
a Christian church where they took shelter. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here
started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.

5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to
her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.
6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means
'blessed' in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first
black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25%
African Negro from his father's side. While Barack Hussein Obama's father was from Kenya, his father's family
was mainly Arabs. Barack Hussein Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's
birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro). From....and for more....go to.....
http://www.arcadeathome.c om/newsboy.phtm...
African
7.) I Never Practiced Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and
kept that faith for 31 years,until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
4-3-08 Article "Obama was 'quite religious in islam'" http://www.wnd.com/index. php?fa=PAGE.vie...
8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - LIAR, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in
Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).
February 28, 2008.
Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago:
Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-
rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it'll give Alabama voters heart
attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at
sunset."
This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says "Obama's narrative is
being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts."
9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6
to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.
11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise),
you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.
12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were quite content in high school to be Barry
Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.
13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your
book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR, Life has yet to find the article you mention in
your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - LIAR, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not
have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
16.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO
VOTES.
17.) Oops, I Misvoted - LIAR, only when caught by church groups and democrats, did you beg to change your
misvote.
18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn't write it,introduce it, change it, or create it.
21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days from start to finish.
22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of
all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.
23.) I Have Released My State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have
yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were part of a large group of people who
remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal
which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - LIAR, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action
on your part.
27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after
their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - LIAR, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo
of the conversation your campaign had with them.
29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend
Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel.
30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia,
was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.
31.) I Didn't Run Ads In Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you
still lost.
32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you didn't.
33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did not.
34.) I Want All Votes To Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates decide.
35.) I Want Americans To Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a
public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.
37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying
this. Obama has stopped saying this.
38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.
39.) I Don't Take PAC Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.
40.) I don't Have Lobbyists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.
41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your own campaign worker made the ad on his
Apple in one afternoon.
42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this
advertising to MySpace clients.
43.) I Inspire People With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with other people's words.
44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa,
which shows YOUR priorities.
45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - LIAR, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund
it every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem to be stepping back
from your departure date - AGAIN.
46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who
don't have to buy it.

Something for the Obamabots to "think" about:

OBAMA – LIAR, LIAR:

1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your
birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google 'Obama Selma' for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various
untruths.)
2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - LIAR, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the
Kenyan Government.
3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - LIAR, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments
Kenya has ever had.
4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - LIAR, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence
in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya. It is the first widespread violence in decades.
The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Muslim Sharia law.
Your half-brother, Abongo Obama, is Odinga's follower. You interrupted your New Hampshire campaigning to
speak to Odinga on the phone. Check out the following link for verification of that....and for more.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/ 080115/issues.h...
Obama's cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia muslim law in place there. When Odinga
lost the elections, his followers have burned Christians' homes and then burned men, women and children alive in
a Christian church where they took shelter. Obama SUPPORTED his cousin before the election process here
started. Google Obama and Odinga and see what you get. No one wants to know the truth.

5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - LIAR, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to
her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.
6.) My Name is African Swahili - LIAR, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Barack came) means
'blessed' in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.
Barack Hussein Obama is not half black. If elected, he would be the first Arab-American President, not the first
black President. Barack Hussein Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side and 43.75% Arabic and 6.25%
African Negro from his father's side. While Barack Hussein Obama's father was from Kenya, his father's family
was mainly Arabs. Barack Hussein Obama's father was only 12.5% African Negro and 87.5% Arab (his father's
birth certificate even states he's Arab, not African Negro). From....and for more....go to.....
http://www.arcadeathome.c om/newsboy.phtm...
African
7.) I Never Practiced Islam - LIAR, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and
kept that faith for 31 years,until your wife made you change, so you could run for office.
4-3-08 Article "Obama was 'quite religious in islam'" http://www.wnd.com/index. php?fa=PAGE.vie...
8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - LIAR, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in
Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).
February 28, 2008.
Kristoff from the New York Times a year ago:
Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-
rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it'll give Alabama voters heart
attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at
sunset."
This is just one example of what Pamela is talking about when she says "Obama's narrative is
being altered, enhanced and manipulated to whitewash troubling facts."
9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - LIAR, not one teacher says you could speak the language.
10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - LIAR, you were there from the ages of 6
to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.
11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - LIAR, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise),
you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.
12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - LIAR, you were quite content in high school to be Barry
Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.
13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - LIAR, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your
book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - LIAR, Life has yet to find the article you mention in
your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.
15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - LIAR, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not
have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first.
16.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - LIAR, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO
VOTES.
17.) Oops, I Misvoted - LIAR, only when caught by church groups and democrats, did you beg to change your
misvote.
18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - LIAR, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.
20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - LIAR, you didn't write it,introduce it, change it, or create it.
21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - LIAR, it took just 14 days from start to finish.
22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - LIAR, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of
all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.
23.) I Have Released My State Records - LIAR, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have
yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.
24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - LIAR, you were part of a large group of people who
remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books.
25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - LIAR, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal
which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.
26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - LIAR, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action
on your part.
27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - LIAR, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after
their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.
28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - LIAR, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo
of the conversation your campaign had with them.
29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - LIAR, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend
Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel.
30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - LIAR, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia,
was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.
31.) I Didn't Run Ads In Florida - LIAR, you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you
still lost.
32.) I Won Michigan - LIAR, no you didn't.
33.) I won Nevada - LIAR, no you did not.
34.) I Want All Votes To Count - LIAR, you said let the delegates decide.
35.) I Want Americans To Decide - LIAR, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a
public vote, and only operate during small windows of time.
36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - LIAR, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.
37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - LIAR, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying
this. Obama has stopped saying this.
38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - LIAR, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.
39.) I Don't Take PAC Money - LIAR, you take loads of it.
40.) I don't Have Lobbyists - LIAR, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.
41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - LIAR, your own campaign worker made the ad on his
Apple in one afternoon.
42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - LIAR, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this
advertising to MySpace clients.
43.) I Inspire People With My Words - LIAR, you inspire people with other people's words.
44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - LIAR, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa,
which shows YOUR priorities.
45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - LIAR, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund
it every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem to be stepping back
from your departure date - AGAIN.
46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - LIAR, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who
don't have to buy it.

Put that nonsense on a related board! that has nothing to do with this topic either. Be nice and post where you belong

konton=fun

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE FAITH, AND PRAYER IS JUST A EXAMPLE OF REINFORCING IT!I DONT SEE WHY IT OFFENDS OTHERS,EVEN IF OF ANOTHER RELIGION.THEY CAN PRAY AS IT FITS THEIR BELIEFS ALSO. OUR KIDS SHOULD HAVE THE CHOICE TO DO SO

I think we are getting too liberal with education. Put prayer back in school. If a student doesn't like it, or his parents, let them move to another country. Bill C.

whether court ordered or not Prayer will always be in school. how many of us had to pray ourselves through a couple of test days. LOL;-)

no ! is it a joke ?? LOL
and which prayer in public school ? there are many religions !
School isn t a place for praying but for learning. religion is a personnal matter and you can t force a child to pray if he s not a believer, poor children...

PROOF??? LOOK AROUND YOU GAVIN!! AND, YOU ARE THE PROOF HE EXIST!!!
PUT GOD BACK IN SCHOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you can give me unquestionable proof that your god exists, i will sign this petition.

Tell me how your body works so perfectly with all the other parts? Explain how complex your eyes , ears, heart , lungs , kidneys , spleen, liver , bones , blood , immune system , muscle system , nervous system , brain works. Is this all by complete accident. I really don't think so. Get your Bible out and read it. You may learn that the things that are going on right now in the world have been predicted thousands of years ago. Do this as soon as possible. Because time is short.

Start reading the bible from cover to cover with an open heart to what you are reading. That will be your proof.

If you believe god or not is your freedom.However you can not force your view to the other .The right not believing god should be also respected.For children who don,t believe in god ,prayer is nonsence.Prayer shoud be in church where believer get together.

That's where this country went wrong in the first place was by taking prayer out of the schools!

"Kids today are far more disrespectful,and disobediant than ever before."

This statement is, like, 3000 years old. Every generation asserted that about the one coming after them.

every great civilization has had some form of religion to strengthen it.It doesn't matter if you call Him God,Allah,Buddah,or JoeBLow.Children should be taught to be reverent and respectful.Schools should pray,because most parents don't.Look at the Alice M. example for instance.Kids today are far more disrespectful,and disobediant than ever before.

You can't use one person like that to say that prayer is needed. Most kids these days need parents who aren't afraid to punish their kids or afraid that if they make the kid cry, someone is going to call DEFACs on them.

konton=fun

Who took prayer out of schools? Last time I checked, students can still pray as long as they aren't disrupting class to do so. The fact is though, that not everyone believes the same thing, so a teacher or someone in authority leading prayer can make a student who is not of the same faith feel ostracized. There are already too many dividing factors in public schools without adding something like this.

So pray before school, after school, or during school (as long as you aren't disrupting class), but having it lead by a person of authority should not be done. There are schools that are in place specifically for this already.

I totally agree but unfortunately even Jesus Christ made the statement that Satan was the "god" of this world. If the world was corrupt 2000 years ago think of the degeneration, now that Lucifer has had in an extra 2000 years of gaining control of the hearts and minds of men. In the book of Revelation Jesus said the whole of the world has wondered after the beast. With the worlds concept of accepting the false doctrine of evolution as a fact and the papacy stating that Genesis is rubbish and the word of God being deliberately altered to suit the agendas of papists and freemasonry and the godless union of church and state I don't like the chances. Even so come Lord Jesus come. I also agree that the prayer life of every Christian should be a daily thing and not the responsibility of the schools but the responsibility of the parents, and the desire of the child. Christ does not impose his will on anyone of us but gives us a free choice to seek him or not. For me personally the issue would not be that i don't have an allocation for prayer, but that I AM NOT ALLOWED TO PRAY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.Why? because this may appear to discriminate against other ethnic groups with diverse religious ideology. This is a concept of new age humanism and total discrimination against Jesus Christ and the God who delivered the commandments to Moses.

You're a child, Alice M. It's not about what you want! Being an emotional teenage girl, you have no idea what you want! Prayer has been proven to help students concentrate and center themselves on the topic at hand. Therefore, yes, prayer should be implemented in school. Those children whom choose not to believe in Christ; can study, use the restroom, meditate, or simply sit at there desk quitely.

What about Muslism? No disrespect but this is how this sorta comes off to me: You are trying to say only Christians deserve to have their faith "respected" (for lack of a better phrase, anyone can say something to make it sound better) to? Are they the only ones who deserve to be happy while everyone else has to do it on their own time?

Look, I know NeoSwede personally. From what I'm getting, you're taking what he's saying out of context. He's a Christian (obviously, as am I). He doesn't know too much about Muslism faith, so he doesn't want to sound ignorant and offend them. You seem like an intelligent person, so i would hope you're not as closed minded to make that kind of impression about someone.

Well, I know Aqua personally, and she's right. Christians think their religion is better than everyone else's. And I too, am Christian(Sorta...), but I'm not your typical Christian that tries and force my religion on others. So no, prayer should not be in school, at least not on a major scale. If a group of kids want to get together in the morning and pray, do that. Don't make it mandatory.

I will accept the fact that I may have taken what he said out of context, but he also seems like he's running off and doesn't really have much clean water comming out. Maybe if he came across less angry and (I mean his behavior) stupid, I would try to no be so deffensive and judgmental. Even you came across badly when you made your response to Alice

I agree Aqua. It helps to have some idea about what your commenting on and apparently some need their friends to clear it up for them. For instance, I heard that a lot of time was being spent to accomadate Muslims prayer time in some schools....a time that was not being given to Christians. But, why do we have to accomadate either group? Every religious group should be given the same treatment under the Constitution instead of this back-biting each other on political grounds. The way I see it personally...the Muslims are given more consideration right now because of political correctness....nobody wants to appear to be "MEAN"...or a "BAD PERSON" and so they avoid saying anything about it to anyone. Go with the flow is the saying of the day....Further, Christians just sometimes seem to to not follow what the Bible says....Like, saying..."I must make sure my kid is given a special scheduled time in school to pray; but heavens forbid that they should ever be given that time at home!" And, I think I am on solid ground when I say that the Bible teaches praying constantly....and consistently! So, if your in school praying constantly....and consistently...you should not need a special scheduled time. Where I personally draw the line is when the constitutional rights are violated! Specifically, you tell me that I can't pray.

hmm...let's teleport back to 1812 while we're at it. i'm 14, and i assure you NOBODY wants to pray in school. you adults can pray at work all you want and leave us be.
and i'm episcopalian, so shut up

Alice M.,I know you may be in a place that you think you don't need prayer,and maybe your life is that good,but the saying goes"there are no athiest in a fox-hole".

I've never heard of that saying, but it does sound interesting, perhaps you will elaborate...
konton=fun

Think before you speak, child. To generalize "nobody wants to pray in school" is horribly wrong. The Godless heathens you hang around may not want to (you may be episcopalian, but you still seem to lack God in your life), but others do. The fact that you're 14 tells us that you haven't even led so much of a life that you would want to pray AT ALL. And your comment "so shut up" leads me to believe that you really ARE an immature child. Tell us your opinion once tragedy stikes your life and actually have something important to add.

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