How atheist O’Hare, Engel, and Schempp banned the Bible & prayer in American Public Schools, 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 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, 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 to remain neutral in matters of faith. However, their religiosity was evident in the Declaration of Independence.
Interestingly, all 50 State Constitutions reference the Judeo-Christian God, although most who wrote it were deists, not theists.
In 1954, “under God” was 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 US 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 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.
Today, the American public school system is plagued by liberal education, rampant shootings, poor teaching methods, and indoctrinating children with LGBTQ books. Interestingly, conservative Asians excel more than Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics combined.
Mann’s advocacy: Bible’s moral teachings be taught in school.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE CULT OF DOMESTICITY?
Remove God in school, and you have a failing and decadent American school system
- D and F grades were removed because the student failing rate continues to increase while literacy declines. The opposite is true for religious Asian immigrants.
- Since 1982, mass school shootings have become common. In 2018, the US had 57 times as many school shootings as other industrialized nations combined.
- Some American schools promote racism by doing the opposite when they use Critical Race Theory coupled with white guilt.
- Group prayers or wearing apparel that says Jesus is banned, but the school can promote masturbation, gay porn books, 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 of an extra-curriculum activity for kids.
- LGBTQ indoctrination through homosexual drag queens, gender pronouns, and persecution of Christians if they disagree.
The call for a strong Christian counterculture
In the USA, far-left liberals have successfully removed prayers and even the context of Christmas in public schools. Even if the Bible is the most influential book in the western world, teachers are not allowed to teach its historicity and values.
In the Philippines, the Bible is welcomed in the classroom as a moral compass. The law protects National Bible Month and GMRC (Good Moral and Right Conduct subject).
