Islamic teachings forced on our children in schools across the nation

When I started school we started the morning with the flag salute and a prayer. Yes I was in public school at the time but prayer was allowed in school. No one seemed to mind. Sadly this ended in 1962 and in my opinion that’s about when the morals of this great nation started to sway. As a child I couldn’t understand why I was no longer allowed to bow my head in a morning prayer. It was disturbing.

I remember my parents being upset and saying it was due to one woman who was an atheist, Madalyn Murry O’Hair who took her case against Baltimore Schools for reciting the Lord’s Prayer, to the Supreme Court in 1963. However a fuss was already kicked up in 1962 in the Long Island, New York public school system by Steven I. Engle who was Jewish and found it disturbing to see his child’s head bent in prayer since that was not the way they prayed. The school district used what was called a “Regent’s Prayer.” Engle was joined by others in his community Daniel Lichtenstein, Monroe Lerner, Lenore Lyons, and Laurence Roth.

The New York State Court and the New York Court of Appeals, upheld the use of the Regent’s Prayer which was “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country.” Doesn’t sound so denominational, now does it. Since he didn’t get anywhere with the New York State Court he took it to the Supreme Court in Engel v. Vitale case of 1962 which ended with an 8-1 vote to make reciting the Regents’ Prayer in school unlawful. This made the opening for the Abington School District v. Schempp ruling in 1963 which made it unlawful in public schools to recite the Lord’s Prayer or read the Bible.

All this under the First Amendment which reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof….” Also referred to as “Separation of church and state.” 

Now fast forward to 2014 when the teachings of Islam suddenly started making their way into the classroom and being accepted by many because they don’t want to offend anyone. In January 2016 John and Melissa Wood filed a lawsuit in the State of Maryland in which they accuse the La Plata High School of subjecting their teenage daughter to Islamic indoctrination and propaganda. When John Wood complained to the school he was banned from campus.

The Woods are of Christian faith and upset by the fact their daughter was being subjected to the Islamic indoctrination and propaganda. Mr. and Mrs. Wood’s attorney said the school forced their teenage daughter to disparage her Christian faith by reciting the Shahada and then having her say “There is not god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”

The lawsuit which was filed for the Wood’s family by their attorney’s also named Charles County Board of Education and the school’s principal and vice-principal. Filed in federal court the lawsuit alleges students spent one day studying Christianity and two weeks studying Islam. During this time no portion of the Bible or other non-Islamic religious texts were taught, however the students were made to listen to derogatory remarks about Christianity and the Pope which is of course unconstitutional since they are promoting one religion over another.

As American citizens who have lived through the past few decades watching the ever growing chaos in Muslim countries. I can say, being a person who loves to study religions, all religions, that telling children Islamic religion is fact and peaceful while others are not is enough to make me pissed off, not scared. This school was teaching their students “Most Muslims’ faith is stronger than the average Christian. How could any good Christian parent or any other faith for that matter not be upset?

John Wood is a Marine veteran. He fought for this country and had a right to go to this school and express his concerns. He just wanted his daughter to be able to opt out of the lessons but the school refused by saying she would have to take all zero’s because they would be incomplete assignments.

So now my question is: Where is all the outrage? Where are all the civil rights leaders who should be standing by this Marine veteran and his family? What about the Separation of church and state? What about her first amendment right to practice her own religion and not have another forced on her? Does she lose this right because she is a child? I think not, she is an American protected under the Constitution of this great land.

This is what is going on quietly in schools today but parents need to start making a lot of noise. Maybe it’s one school in this state and another somewhere else but you all need to ban together and fight this to the Supreme Court. We as a nation need to stand with these families in their fight so they know they are not alone. A simple post on Facebook isn’t enough. Let your voices be heard. Contact your representatives and tell them you do not want this going on in our schools. Fight for the right of all children who don’t have a voice because they don’t go home and tell mom or dad what is going on in school, they just accept it unknowingly.

Everyone wants to say President Trump is wrong. We don’t have anything to worry about. Radical Islamism is alive and well in this country and we need to protect our children and grandchildren. If a public school wishes to start offering religious studies then all religions must be represented and no one should be force feeding our children trying to turn them against their religious belief. However once again if prayer or reading of the Bible is not allowed in schools due to our first amendment rights then the Karan does not belong there either.  This was decided in 1962 and 1963 by our Supreme Court. Perhaps the schools haven’t gotten the memo!

May God Bless America and God Bless President Trump!