I am a member of a grassroots committee in Oklahoma that handed the State Superintendant of Public Instruction, Ryan Walters, a list of three recommendations for our state public schools.
- Hold a minute of silence at the beginning of the school day with the following announcement: “We now pause for a minute of silence in which students and teachers may use this minute to reflect, meditate, pray or engage in any other silent activity.”
- Display a “durable poster or framed copy” of the Ten Commandments in each public school classroom.
- Require a “Western civilization” course for graduation “to strengthen the heritage integral to the nation’s founding and its Western culture, as well as to foster gratitude and informed citizenship.”
The Oklahoman ran an editorial today by Clytie Bunyan, the Diversity Managing Editor (whatever that means). Mrs. Bunyan made three absurd statements in her editorial.
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BUNYAN’S FIRST ABSURD STATEMENT
1. “Using prayer and the Ten Commandments as props to promote one religion in schools is a blatant attempt at promoting religious superiority.”
NEWSFLASH: God is superior to man.
Belief in the God of Nature and the Laws of Nature is the basis of our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.
This is about statehood, not religion.
People who confess to diversity in our nation are demanding total conformity.
The diversity editor demands that talk of God not be in the public classroom, that Nature’s Laws exit education, and that Western Civilization be mocked for its alleged “superiority.”
The people of Oklahoma are pushing back against the diversity editor’s demands.
The Ten Commandments form the moral basis for our nation’s historical existence. They’re emblazoned above the heads of the Supreme Court Justices in Washington, DC.
But when education and diversity editors demand conformity to a secular, godless, Marxist ideology, enabling boys to self-identify as girls and children to self-identify as furry animals – all the while pushing godless Marxism over God-centered morality – Oklahoma education is in trouble.
Godless classrooms enable moral and intellectual stupidity, ultimately destroying real education.
That’s not me saying it. Our Founding Fathers said it.
President John Adams, author of the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson, made it clear. He said, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Morality and virtue are the foundation of our republic and necessary for a society to be free.”
A minute of silence to contemplate Nature’s God and our accountability to the Creator and a historical display of the Ten Commandments in the classroom beside the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence serves an existential exercise for our nation, not a religious exercise for any denomination.
BUNYAN’S SECOND ABSURD STATEMENT
2. “We’re 49th in education, with kids’ overall well-being at 46th in the nation, according to the recent Kids Count report. Yet, side shows of culture wars that blow up into undignified churlish, brawl-like events continue at Board of Education meetings.”
NEWSFLASH: Our Secretary of Public Instruction has been in office for less than a year. You remove Oklahoma City and Tulsa Public schools from the statistics; Oklahoma is 17th in education.
Ironically, it’s OKC and Tulsa newspapers and schools promoting diversity, inclusion, and conformity to a godless ideology that got us to 49th.
If there is no God, everything is permitted. Proper education is downgraded and ultimately destroyed when classrooms are permissive and evil.
But suppose local school districts can acknowledge God in the classroom, focus on the discipline of learning, and teach the historical values of our country. In that case, the educational scores of our Oklahoma schools will skyrocket.
Our rural schools and rural teachers already practice this (much to the chagrin of Marxists). That’s why their schools, classrooms, and education schools are superior.
It’s ignorant to blame the low scores of OKC and Tulsa schools on State Superintendent Ryan Walters.
He has a plan to save these schools from self-destruction. Oklahomans overwhelmingly elected him into office, and we’ll push back on diversity editors and Marxist agitators who try to remove Ryan from office before he can effect his plan.
BUNYAN’S THIRD ABSURD STATEMENT
3. “To imply that Oklahoma classrooms are dens of immorality is ludicrous. If morality is the problem, then grown-up leadership needs to speak, act and behave in a manner we want all of our children to model.”
Ludicrous? Is it ludicrous not to want biological boys in your daughter’s restroom? Is it absurd to want your children to be taught that sexual immorality, stealing, lying, coveting, and other violations of the Laws of Nature are an offense to Nature’s God?
I’ll tell you what’s ludicrous.
This man ought to be arrested for his actions at a Pride Parade. Vile people do anything. Moral people who believe in God help restrain evil
It’s ludicrous to fight to expose sexual predators in religious institutions (like I did) and not speak out when the Oklahoman promotes Pride Parades, where grown men stand in front of children, exposing their genitalia to these children. It’s ludicrous not to be offended at street marches where queers parade about naked and shout, “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children.”
I believe them.
The immorality of our culture cannot be allowed in our Oklahoma public school classrooms because diversity editors and educators mock the moral foundation of our country.
Most Oklahoma teachers are wonderful, moral men and women who believe in God and His Laws. We simply want them to be free to teach our children the truth about the heritage of the United States of America.
We are building a firewall to prevent diversity editors of Oklahoma’s state paper from yielding influence to turn our classrooms into a moral morass.
Oklahomans used to drink Budweiser. No more. Oklahomans used to read the state newspaper.
Oklahomans won’t subscribe anymore if The Oklahoman becomes The Wokelahoman.
I do think it is IMMORAL for both ‘sides’ of the ‘culture wars’ to place children in the middle.
A child cannot cope with that kind of pressure especially when the pressure comes against how the child has been raised.
It is one thing to teach of ‘theories’ but matters of faith and of conscience need to be understood to be areas of sensitivity when children are involved, out of respect for the sake of the child’s well-being.
Children are not ‘pawns’ in the turmoil between ‘sides’ in the ‘culture wars’.
Children cannot handle this.
God forbid that our nation’s children should become a part of a tug-of-war between extremists.
May God have mercy.
Wisdom is needed. Never more than today.
Christiane,
I agree. Children shouldn’t be in the middle. They should be protected behind adults who will not allow groomers, the immoral, and deniers of the great history of our country attempting to take over the classrooms. It’s not happening in rural Oklahoma, and we intend to keep it that way.
Thank you for this, Wade. It is also my hope that all of our American school children be spared the abuse of all extremists who would prey on them and expose them to evil in all of its forms, including hate rallies of all kinds.
A nation can be judged on how it cares for its children. This country has much work to do going forward in a better direction, yes. One issue is child hunger, so sad as the children are helpless in this matter also.
Have a wonderful Fouth, Wade.
Does the machine not allow any comments after midnight?
I’ll make my comment in parts.
Wade,
Judy should be the one replying to this Post, because she has a greater knowledge of history than me and explained it to me. Smile
On another subject a Church of Christ preacher who believes you must believe baptism saves you, quoted this Scripture printed in the last edition of the Leader Newspaper:
“Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved…” (Mark 16:16)
Baptist believe being baptized has nothing to do with being saved. The New Living Translation footnote had this: “The most reliable early manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark end at verse 8.”
Can you think of anything that can prove this guy wrong? Maybe when Jesus was on the cross.
I would LOVE for Judy to comment on the post! 🙂
As far as your church of Christ friend is concerned, I know of many believers in Christ who did not have an opportunity to be baptized before death. I believe Rex, your example of the thief on the cross is supreme. That said, if there is an opportunity to declare one’s faith in Christ before people, all those truly converted will gladly do so! Happy 4th of July to you and Judy!
Rachelle and I appreciate you two!
Wade,
Even though Baptist are baptized, the Church of Christ believe we are going to hell because we don’t believe baptism saves us.
Wade,
Happy 4th of July back at you. Smile
Judy and I will have been married eight years on that day. Yippee
Happy July 4th to all here,
and REX RAY, for you and Judy, congratualations on your eighth wedding anniversary!
Wonderful!
Be blessed.
WADE,
on your interest in the development and incorporation of the history of western civilization in the Americas, you might find this resource interesting: (click on the youtube “How the Scots-Irish Transformed the American South”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V97QEd8U10
I found it fascinating and in tune with some of my own family’s southern history also.
Apparently the people who settled in Northern Ireland after the clearances of the Scots highlands by the English invaders,
created their own customs and values and practices that were unique . . . . many of their quirks in being ‘different’ followed them when they settled into the New World, notably into the areas of Appalachian and the American South. I hope you have an opportunity to view it.
Christiane,
A SUPERB video! Thank you. Enjoyed Mr. Sowell’s presentation. I learned a great deal. Thank you.
Wade, I think the video helped explain the differences between my father’s northern family and some members of my mother’s southern family who WERE of Scots-Irish heritage. . . . particularly on the ‘tribal’ aspects of white southerners. . . . so different from the ‘western civilization seen among the main line European, the Scandinavian, and the Anglo-Saxon influences.
It may be that the ‘hopelessness’ expressed in some of the descendants of Scots-Irish ancestors reflects the isolation of a group of people away from the civilizing effects of ‘Western’ civilization’. I am reading more about this, myself, as time permits.
Glad you enjoyed that video. 🙂