Ravenwood - 11/29/04 06:30 AM
The "separation of Church and State" crowd has reached self-parody. Patricia Vidmar, principal of the Stevens Creek School in Californiastan faces a lawsuit for ordering teachers not to teach kids about the Declaration of Independence (because it mentions God), reports World Net Daily.
For those of you that don't know much about History, the Declaration of Independence was the 'F--- You' document that our Founding Fathers sent to the King of England in 1776. What they did was tantamount to treason against the crown. They laid their lives on the line so that America could be free from British tyranny. This is the document that we are supposed to celebrate every year on July 4th. (That people are so quick to forget about the Declaration of Independence is the very reason that I have switched from calling the holiday the politically correct 'Fourth of July' to the more factually correct 'Independence Day'.)
James Taranto points out that since there would be no Constitution without the Declaration of Independence, and it would be absolutely pardoxical to find it unConstitutional. But he fails to mention that the recent attacks on the Pledge of Allegience and the Declaration of Independence will probably prove to be the "Separation" movement's undoing. I think that normal people understand that the mere mention of God is not an establishment of a national religion. Most people are probably apathetic, but nobody is going to rush to the defense of Ms. Vidmar for her attempt to expunge the Declaration of Independence from the History books.
That a California school principal would come down on the side of the PC-nazis is not at all surprising. But her rejection of anything with the word 'God' in it is as hilarious as it is sad. Would she be so quick to reject all those tax dollars which are clearly marked "In God We Trust"?
Vidmar's actions illustrate just how slippery the "seperation of Church and State" slope has become. But sometimes you just have to let things play out. These people are pretty much hanging themselves, and who are we to take away their rope.
Well said, and I agree with most of your attitude towards the likely results of this silliness. However, I thought the same of the anti-BoyScouts campaign and I was wrong. Hopefully your envisioned result will prove out. Who would have thought that Kerry could run as a proud warrior and not have the MSM laugh at that silliness?
Still worried in Maryland.
What a sad state of affairs this represents. To deny educational access to this document, which should be held so precious to all Americans, is just wrong.
If the "Patricia Vidmars" of this world insist on a Godless, cynical upbringing for their children, then perhaps they should produce their own Declaration of Independence and leave the one which mentions God, as well as the Nation which followed, to the rest of us.
Posted by: Steve Scudder at November 29, 2004 11:49 PMI chuckled at Steve's response. I agree with his attitude, and it reminded me that a few years ago Democrats would have cried foul if someone said, basically, "love it or leave". But NOW, after having childishly fantasized about seceding from red state America, they cannot raise a peep. Victory is sooo schweet.
America, love it or leave it.
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