Since the Pledge of Allegiance 
                           
                           
                           and 
                           
                           
                           The Lord's Prayer 
                           
                           
                           are not allowed in most 
                           
                           public schools anymore 
                           
                           
                            because the word "God" is mentioned.... 
                           
                           
                            a kid in Arizona wrote the attached 
                           
                           NEW  School  prayer. 
                           
                           
                           I liked it.... 
                           
                           > 
                           
                           > 
                           
                           > Now I sit me down in school 
                           
                           > 
                           
                           > Where praying is against the rule 
                           
                           > 
                           
                           > For this great 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