How atheist O’Hare, Engel, Schempp banned the Bible & prayer in American Public School, that Horace Mann advocated
Madalyn O’Hair, Steven Engel, Ellery Schempp
In Murray v. Curlett in 1960, atheist Madalyn O’Hair sought to prohibit Bible reading in the Baltimore public schools. On June 25, 1962, another case, Engel v. Vitale (New York), led the Supreme Court to declare prayer, Bible reading, and the Lord’s Prayer unconstitutional. It involved following non-denominational prayer:
Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our Country.
The ruling on Engle was consolidated with Abington School District v. Schempp (Pennsylvania) in 1963. Students in Abington were forced to read Bible verses.
As a protest, student Ellery Schempp brought a Qur’an and read it instead. He was sent to the principal, and his father, with Civil Liberties Union, sued the school district.
PASTORS IN POLITICS ENDANGERING THE GOSPEL.
Is it constitutional to ban prayers in school?
The mandatory prayer and reading of scriptures in public classrooms violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. [Khan Academy]
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance
The founding fathers intended the constitution remain neutral in matters of faith. However, their religiosity was evident in the Declaration of Independence.
Interestingly, all 50 State Constitutions have references to the Judeo-Christian God, although most who wrote it were deists, not theists.
In 1954, the words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance. Many Americans then wanted to distinguish America from atheist Marxist-Leninist countries. However, the left-liberal accommodation of the Marxist-atheist Black Lives Matter could change that.
Politics turning to the left, pushing anti-Biblical morals
It was unconstitutional for New York to endorse a specific religion officially. However, it is also constitutional for students to exercise the freedom to pray or talk of Jesus. However, that is not what’s happening today.
America’s politics has turned to the left. Pew statistics show 89% of liberal atheists identify as Democrats. They are the loudest voice in pushing anti-Biblical morals.
Church attendance in the U.S. is declining. While many Christians turn to hypergrace, making the gospel unrecognizable.
Horace Mann’s intention
Horace Mann (1796–1859) is considered the “Father of the Public School System” in the USA. He was a lawyer and legislator who started the common school movement. Mann advocated a unified school system with a varied curriculum that excluded sectarian instruction.
Horace Mann ensured that every American child could receive a basic education funded by local taxes. An integral part of Mann’s advocacy was for the Bible’s moral teachings in school.
Mann’s advocacy: Bible’s moral teachings be taught in school.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE CULT OF DOMESTICITY?
The failing and decadent American school system today
- Some schools removed the D and F grade because the rate of students failing continues to increase. Literacy has been declining and white Americans are doing poor in SAT scores. The opposite is true for religious Asian immigrants.
- Since 1982, mass school shooting have become common. In 2018, the US has had 57 times as many school shootings as other industrliaztion nation combined. More than 400 people have been shot in over 200 School Shootings.
- High school students can come in their pajamas, sleepers, or revealing clothes because its their right to choose. Decency and respect rooted in Biblical morals no longer the standard.
- Some American schools promote racism by doing the opposite when they Critical Race Theory coupled with white guilt. A school removed “F” in their grading system because Black people were doing poorly.
- Group prayers or wearing apparel that say Jesus is banned, but the school can promote masturbation, gay porn books, and condoms and abortion to young students.
- Exercising the Christian faith in the school is inappropriate but students are told to chant an Aztec pagan ritual.
- Some publicly funded schools admitted The Satanic Temple’s “After School Satan Club” as part an extra-curriculum activity children can join.
Without God, a decadent society awaits
The opportunity for students to learn Biblical morals—lost in 1962. Christianity shaped America, something far-left liberals refuse to accept. During the second great awakening of America, her Manifest Destiny pushed the country to become the greatest in the world.
Today, atheists have taken God out of the classroom. America has produced an atheist generation since O’Hair, Engel, and Schempp. The country is decadent where Liberal Democrats call abortion health care and Christianity oppression.
The call for a strong Christian counterculture
In liberals America, far-left Democrats want to remove Christianity in every sector of society. In the Philippines, the Bible is welcomed in the classroom as a moral compass. The law protects the National Bible Month and GMRC (Good Moral and Right Conduct subject).
For Christianity to survive, indoctrination is never the answer, but a culture of discipleship and defending the Christian faith.
