School board approves reading list including Bible passages - But that should not be the story. The issue is not about separation of Church and State, but about tryng to make a more perfect union.
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| That should not be the story |
The school board is not establishing a religion; it is executing the exact "secular program of education" permitted by the Supreme Court, using foundational historical texts to build civic virtue.
The readings are not as a spiritual exercise, but as a curriculum designed to teach universal virtues.
Aristotle warned us. Margaret Thatcher confirmed it
As Aristotle might say: Only those who have been well brought up can usefully study American Exceptionalism: to the ignorant, corrupted man, the man who stands outside the Tao, the very starting point of this science is invisible. He may be hostile, but he cannot be critical: he does not know what is being discussed. -
As Margaret Thatcher might confirm it, "Europe was created by history." America was created by God." Democrats, Muslims, Communists, Authoritative regimes' values are not compatible with American core culture. You can work to make a more perfect union, not to fundamentally transform it, as Obama often argues. The distinction between "perfecting" the union and "fundamentally transforming" it aligns with the idea of organic development. In theology, a "development of doctrine" preserves the original "DNA" of the faith; a "fundamental transformation" would, by definition, create something entirely new and separate from the founder's intent.
Under long-standing U.S. Supreme Court precedent, public schools are strictly prohibited from conducting devotional or theological Bible readings. However, the Court has explicitly protected the use of religious texts if they serve a clear secular, educational purpose—such as historical literacy, ethics, and character development.
In the landmark 1963 case Abington School District v. Schempp, which struck down mandatory devotional morning prayers, the Supreme Court explicitly stated that the Bible is a valid tool for secular education:
"It certainly may be said that the Bible is worthy of study for its literary and historic qualities. Nothing we have said here indicates that such study of the Bible, when presented objectively as part of a secular program of education, may not be effected consistently with the First Amendment." — Justice Tom C. Clark
In the landmark 1963 case Abington School District v. Schempp, which struck down mandatory devotional morning prayers, the Supreme Court explicitly stated that the Bible is a valid tool for secular education:
"It certainly may be said that the Bible is worthy of study for its literary and historic qualities. Nothing we have said here indicates that such study of the Bible, when presented objectively as part of a secular program of education, may not be effected consistently with the First Amendment." — Justice Tom C. Clark
Before and After
Sixty Three years ago at The Great March on Washington, held in DC August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered the first MAGA speech - his historic "I Have A Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism and racial segregation. I Have a Dream, is quintessentially American: inspired by the Bible, the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.
Five years later, Democrats got MLK Jr out of their way, turning his dream into a nightmare: racism has morphed into DEI, the Abolition of the Black Man aka Black Genocide, the disintegration of the African-American nuclear family and a fatherlesssness crisis.
MLK Jr. death cleared the way for the uber progressive Warren Court's Decision: the Court found that teaching children about wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, fear of the Lord., charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control and chastity was too radical, all hell broke lose.
Using analysis tools like the Ishikawa Cause-Effect Diagram, the Pareto Rule, Security Professionals' Attack Tree and or Occam's Razor, they all suggest that after the uber progressive Warren SCOTUS (1963) decision, we have had A mental health crisis, BlackGenocide, Disintegration of the African American nuclear family. African-American children are raised in fatherless homes. AIDS epidemic. Opiod crisis, We have a fatherlesssness crisis, A Girlhood Crisis, A Trans Crisis, Obesity crisis and so on.
Children absorb the communication styles, behavioral boundaries, and risk tolerances of their closest circle:
Academic Trajectory: A student's focus, study -term goals align heavily with their friends' priorities. When peer attachment overrides parental attachment, kids adopt the core moral values of the group.
Academic Trajectory: A student's focus, study -term goals align heavily with their friends' priorities. When peer attachment overrides parental attachment, kids adopt the core moral values of the group.
High-quality friendships build resilience and confidence, while toxic dynamics spike anxiety and depression.
Going back to teaching children about wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control and chastity may just reverse mist if the current social ills.
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