Is Anyone Else Getting Fed Up?

Is Anyone Else Getting Fed Up?

I just read on the Internet that a college university was being sued over their pregame prayer ritual prior its football games. It seems that some anti-religious group feels the practice should be discontinued on the principle of “separation of church and state.”

The co-president of the group was quoted as saying, "This is a public university, not a Christian club. It's open to all comers and should be welcoming". When you're not religious or are of another faith and you get prayed at during events, it's really very grating. It's a sock in the gut for you to go for a sporting event and then be told to conform to someone else's religion."

Really, Ms Co-President? Are you that narcissistic that you think that, if a bunch of people are praying…you are getting prayed at? And that it is grating to you? Do you think for one moment that anyone is really spending their valuable time praying over you???

I ignore people every day who say and do things contrary to my belief system. I don’t bring suit. I don’t complain, or make a nuisance of myself. I don’t try to force my views on anyone. I don’t bring harm to anyone, nor insult anyone’s faith, or lack thereof. And the vast majority of you reading this don’t either.

Ms Co-President could you; for a brief moment, if you aren’t a person of faith, stand there and think about butterflies, or flowers, or ponies? I don’t even care if you stand. Just sit there and let the vast majority do what they wish to do without any interference from you! If you feel a “sock in the gut”, as you so over-the-top put it, perhaps watching a football game is just too stressful for you.

In the news these past several weeks, Christians and Jews have found their faith the focal point of other people’s rage. The media and our current administration gloss over this rage by blaming everything on a  You-Tube video, but make no mistake…it is our faith that is the basis for their hate. The sad fact of all this…this isn’t something that just started happening…it has been going on for decades.

In our effort to be politically correct, those of us of faith have remained silent. We have taken the higher road. We have allowed others to force their value system upon us. It has been us who have said we were sorry, we didn’t mean to offend.

Ms Co-President has attacked our faith through the courts; others have simply attacked us! The sad fact is that it is not Ms Co-President who is the problem…it is us. It is our fault, those of us who have allowed our faith to be trampled on. We have sat on our hands, and have said and done nothing. The lesson we learned regarding the playground bully has been conveniently forgotten. Let the bully have his way, and his actions will continue to get bolder, and meaner. Pretending that the bully isn’t there, or that he is mad about something, or someone else; does not make the bully vanish, nor correct the injustice.

 I am reminded of this quote by Martin Niemöller, pulled from the ashes of World War Two. It deals with the methodical takeover of Europe by the Nazis.

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

Sadly, history does repeat itself.  Insert “American: for the word Socialist. Insert the word “Christian” for the Trade Unionist. Sadly, the word “Jew” is relevant even today.

So, Ms Co-President…back to your original premise…this separation of church and state issue you so proudly hang your hat on. Go back and look it up in the history book, the separation of church and state was put in place to keep the government from interfering in religion, not the other way around!

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