Former Congressman Allen
West has said, “Liberal progressives like to say there is a ‘War on Women’ but
there is a real war in America the Left is waging – which is a ‘War on
Christians’ and the Judeo-Christian faith heritage of America.”
Many fall upon the
phrase “separation of church and state,” yet they cannot refer to that premise
as established in any of our founding documents – the Declaration of Independence or U.S.
Constitution. It’s not even mentioned in the Federalist Papers … which formed the philosophical basis for our ‘Constitutional
Republic.’ The concept of “separation of
church and state” was presented in a private letter by Thomas Jefferson to the
Danbury (CT) Baptist Convention. The
letter advanced the 1st Amendment right of “freedom of religion” and the “free
exercise … thereof.” However, over time,
liberal progressive socialists have used “separation of church and state” to
separate America from its faith heritage in their march towards the creation of
a secular humanist state.
Here is the latest
example of such insanity by the Left, coming from Brawley CA. According to Fox
News, the Brawley Union School District said the
references to Jesus and prayer in student Brooks Hamby’s graduation speech were
“inappropriate” and violated “prevailing legal standards.” School officials rejected three versions of
the young man’s graduation address, and one administrator went so far as to
redact every religious reference with a black marker.
The response from the
school district read, “The first and second draft speeches proposed oppose
government case law and are a violation of the Constitution. The district is advising you that reference to
religious content is inappropriate and that the two drafts provided will not be
allowed.” In other words, this young man
doesn’t possess the 1st Amendment right to his “free exercise of religion.”
What hypocrisy from the liberal
progressives! What is happening in
America?
This 18-year-old
Christian, who is Stanford University bound, did what any red-blooded,
Constitution-loving American would do – he defied school officials and thanked
God anyway. “I didn’t want to compromise
my faith,” Brooks said. “I wasn’t
interested in removing every trace of God or Jesus. I wasn’t interested in conforming to those
demands. I did not want to compromise my
values. I didn’t want to water down the
message.”
The first draft of his
speech was written in the form of a prayer. “Heavenly Father, in all times, let us always
be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ
has forgiven us.” Brooks was called to
the front office, where he was advised by a counselor that the speech had been
rejected. So he began writing a second
draft that he turned in later that day. That
draft referenced the school’s censorship of his original speech. “Certain interpretations of the law, school
policies and conditions have stifled my ability to speak freely to you this
evening and prohibited me from doing otherwise,” he wrote. “However, if I could pray with you this
evening, I would say something along these lines.”
Just hours before
graduation, Brooks and his parents were summoned to a meeting with the
principal. The Hambys were given a
notice from the district advising them that if their son “interjects religious
content, the sound will be cut off, and a disclaimer to the entire audience
must be made explaining the district’s position.” The District Superintendent rejected Brooks’
third draft, time was running down — and so what did the young man do? Here are his words:
“In simply coming before you today, I presented
three drafts of my speech – all of them denied on account of my desire to share
my personal thoughts and inspiration to you in my Christian faith,” he told his
fellow graduates in the fourth version of his speech. “In life, you will be told no. In life, you will be asked to do things that
you have no desire to do. In life, you
will be asked to do things that violate your conscience and your desire to do
what is right.” “May the God of the
Bible bless each and every one of you every day in the rest of your lives,” he
said.
In a day when Brooks’ faith
was challenged, he stood. He set an
example for others to follow. The
question is, will you? Or will you allow
the intimidation and coercion of liberal progressives to rule the day, as
opposed to the liberty and freedom granted to us by the rule of law?
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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