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ATHENS, Ga. - A high school principal apologized Monday for reading a poem called "The New School Prayer" over the school's intercom, which brought complaints from some parents who said it violated the principle of separation of church and state. Tommy Craft said he wanted not to promote religion but to provoke thought and discussion among students about the changing political climate in school when he read the poem the Tuesday before the Thanksgiving break. "I apologized to them today in another statement," Craft said. "I said that there was no attempt to individualize or to bring ridicule on any particular person with the poem." The poem, which has circulated on the Internet since at least 1992, is written in the rhyming style of the children's prayer that begins "Now I lay me down to sleep." It refers to prayer not being allowed in school, although students can "dress like freaks, and pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks" or "elect a pregnant Senior Queen." The poem mentions the ability to get condoms and birth control, as well as study "witchcraft, vampires and totem poles." "But the Ten Commandments are not allowed, no word of God must reach this crowd," the poem says. Some parents have complained to both Craft and the Clarke County School Superintendent Lewis Holloway. "Basically, I found the poem offensive, but even if I didn't, I still would believe it crossed the line between church and state," said Ginger Smith, whose daughter is a junior at Cedar Shoals High School. Holloway said the district had received "several calls" from people who were upset about the poem. He would not discuss any action taken against Craft ...It's interesting how consistently religious folk cast themselves int he role of the persecuted when THEY are the ones crucifying people...sort of like the Romans complaining that no one thinks about hard THEY worked hammering the nails into Jesus. No one advocates going into their churches and telling them what to believe...all we ask as that in accordance with our Constitution and culture they refrain from going into our public schools and telling us we are behaving imorally because we are displeasing to THEIR god. They counter that their children must attend public schools and be subjected to "Cultural Humanism" which they feel "attacks" their church and its teaching...but they feel that way about EVERYTHING they disagree with...that even out on the public streets and over the public airwaves their way of life is being threatened...seems to me their beliefs are very shakey things easy to disrupt and puncture and render dull and void...and just because THEY can't stand upright in a storm of Freedom...think thereefore that the very winds and elemesnt are conspiring to "attack" them. We leave them alone..we even won't tax them...what more do they want...what more do they want? That's easy...they want the same thing they wanted 2600 years ago and more..they want to force their religious beliefs..as narrow as they are..on the rest of us...not because they want to "save" us, but in order to save themselves and their children from being won over by far more sane and appealing and natural systems of belief...just as them old ancients were forever straying away from that sheepshit god...seems even back then most folks couldn't stand him. Given some sane freedom of choice hardly any Free child or young adult would choose this crap...that's why they're after us all over again...they see the handwriting on the wall... Save yourself and the Constitution...take a Queer to lunch. --------------------- - BACK TO INDEX - REPLY - QUOTE - EDIT - DELETE -

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