There Is No Argument Against Prayer Being Said Anywhere; If The Left Can’t Understand That, Too Bad
Earlier this week, President Trump announced that the Department of Education will be announcing new guidelines concerning prayer in school.
During the second hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission, which he established by executive order in May, Trump stated:
“For most of our country’s history, the Bible was found in every classroom in the nation. Yet in many schools today, students are instead indoctrinated with anti-religious propaganda. Some are even punished for their religious beliefs — very, very strongly punished. It’s ridiculous.”
“I am pleased to announce this morning that the Department of Education will soon issue new guidance protecting the right to prayer in our public schools. It’s total protection.”
The president highlighted the importance of guidance by sharing the story of Hannah Allen, a Texan who, in 2018 as an eighth grader, organized a lunch gathering to pray for a former classmate who had been injured in an accident.
The school principal intervened and prohibited the students from praying, stating that they could only do so if it were out of sight from others in the school. However, the school later changed its stance after the religious freedom organization First Liberty stepped in.
Trump also invited a 12-year-old boy to the podium named Shane, who said,
“I’ve been a Christian my whole life, and Jesus means everything to me.”
“When I was in 5th grade, my school forced me to teach my kindergarten buddy about changing his gender using a book called ‘My Shadow is Pink.’ The book said you can choose your gender based on feelings instead of how God made us.”
“I knew this was not right, but I was afraid of getting in trouble. After my family spoke up, the school treated us badly, and kids started bullying me and my brother because of our faith, and the school did nothing to stop it.”
Shane argued that kids like him should be able to live their faith in school and not be forced to take action contrary to their beliefs.
Trump argued during Monday’s Religious Liberty Commission event,
“To have a great nation, you have to have religion. I believe that so strongly. There has to be something after we go through all of this — and that something is God.”
Trump added:
“The need for this commission has never been more clear than it was last week when the ineffectual senator from Virginia, a man named Tim Kaine, stated that the notion our rights come from our Creator is ‘extremely troubling’ to him.”
“But as everyone in this room understands, it is tyrants who are denying our rights, and the rights that come from God. It’s this Declaration of Independence that proclaims we’re endowed by our Creator with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The senator from Virginia should be ashamed of himself.”
On its website, the Department of Justice said that Monday’s hearing would include:
“testimony from parents as well as elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate students.”
“The hearing will also include testimony from individuals with expertise in the areas of religious liberty and public education. The hearing’s objective will be to understand the historic landscape of religious liberty in the public education setting, recognize present threats to religious liberty in public education, and identify opportunities to secure religious liberty in this context for the future.”
President Trump’s announcement of new rules regarding prayer in schools coincides with Texas’s implementation of two laws passed earlier this year. These laws require the posting of the Ten Commandments in classrooms and allow school districts to establish a time for voluntary prayer and Bible reading.
Newsweek reported that Trump appointed Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as Chairman and Dr. Ben Carson as Vice Chair of the Religious Liberty Commission.
There is a lot to unpack here. I support President Trump’s efforts to advocate for religious liberty. Choosing a religion or not choosing one is an individual choice. Still, every religion is man-made and consists of traditions and rules, which are based on interpretations of religious doctrine that have been passed down for generations.
If a person chooses to follow those traditions and rules, it governs their life and essentially represents the guardrails for their existence. That said, I have always contended that LGBTQ beliefs are nothing more than another form of a man-made religion, with one major difference. All involved in the “alphabet religion” have openly chosen to live an alternative lifestyle and if believing in a higher power cannot even be discussed in a public school, then allowing any aspects of the “alphabet religion” to be referenced in public schools is beyond wrong.
Transgender books are always recruiting. When a school forces a 5th grader to jam transgender beliefs down a child’s throat who is still in kindergarten by making him read a book called “My Shadow is Pink,” and denies a child from having a bible or saying a prayer, the hypocrisy is too thick to cut through.
Transgenderism is a mental illness and should be treated as such, and not embraced, condoned, and promoted at every turn, as is the left’s agenda. It’s beyond ironic that Democrats want school children to believe they can become another sex simply by choice, but foam at the mouth with rage at the mention of prayer in school. This is pure insanity, and all rational people know it. They are advocating for a delusional mental illness to be advanced, and it must be stopped. It cannot be allowed to indoctrinate even one more young, innocent mind.
When a school promotes “Pride Month” and allows rainbow flags to be hung around school property but refuses to allow students to hang signs that say “Merry Christmas” or disallows them to celebrate it, that is blatant discrimination.
The main point of this argument is that the LGBQ lifestyle should be treated like a religion in public schools and all public spaces. It should be subject to the same rules and restrictions that apply to any other lifestyle guided by a religion.
None of this is related to prayer. Prayer can be the act of communicating with a higher power, such as a deity or another object of worship. This communication can involve various purposes, including praise, gratitude, confession, and seeking guidance or assistance. Prayer is a universal practice found in many religions, as well as among those who do not follow any specific faith.
The left doesn’t understand prayer. They can’t see through their hate. People worldwide have been fired from their jobs and even arrested for praying silently. The question is why?
Although prayer is an integral part of most religions, it is not exclusively so. Prayer can be a moment of self-reflection as well as an act of centering. Everyone needs to stop and take stock of themselves as well as what’s going on around them. Whether they ask for help and guidance verbally or silently, or give thanks, the act should not be offensive to anyone.
It is unconscionable that a football coach can be fired for praying to keep his players safe, or that anyone could be arrested for saying a prayer, even silently, outside of an abortion clinic.
Why does prayer frighten liberals and the radical left? Why, in their minds, does First Amendment protection not apply if they suspect religion is involved?
The left loves to refer to themselves as being progressive. Still, their minds are closed to the concept that not all prayer involves religion, and even if an individual’s beliefs initiate it, it is not their right to interfere with that faith.
Prayer has a rightful place to be anywhere at any time. The hypocrisy that allows the left to worship at the altar of the LGBTQ “alphabet religion,” while they criticize prayer, needs to be exposed for the fallacy that it is.
For Charlie Kirk, Eternal Peace and Infinite Knowledge, brother. We’ll pray for Erika and the kids.
