Recently an article was published regarding California's attempt to restrict private, Christian universities from mandating chapel attendance and Biblical teaching in the classroom. According to the article, which can be read here, democrats and LGBT activists' want to make it illegal for Christian universities and colleges to require students to attend chapel, pray in the classroom or incorporate biblical teaching in the curriculum.
Let me start by stating some simple facts that get overlooked in our society today. Our greatest organizations in the United States are Christian based. For example, did you know that Catholic hospitals treat 1 in 6 patients in the United States. That is just one denomination among many other Christian-affiliated hospitals. Our top universities are private and were founded on Christian beliefs. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Notre Dame are just a few. The Christian charities that support people all over the world are a huge asset to not only our country but also to the other countries they assist.
So what I am trying to say is that we need to be very careful when trying to tie the hands of what has made our country great. God is what made it great, not people, and we, as a country, are attempting to drive God out. I understand that the LGBT community wants to fight for their beliefs, but this doesn't make it alright to strip others of their beliefs in the process. The universities are not restricting you from attending, they are just expecting you to follow the same rules of every other student that chooses to be educated in a private, Christian college. There are other options available if you choose not to follow the same rules. You have the freedom to choose. No one is forcing you to attend a private, Christian college.
I was educated in private, Christian schools my whole life until college. I made the decision to attend a public college. Should I demand they provide me a chapel service to attend because I feel discriminated against? I can't even write a paper or speech on Christianity without receiving a bad grade or being ridiculed-publicly-in the classroom. I feel discriminated against because I cannot sign my student worker emails off with "God bless" due to "separation of church and state," which is not even in the Constitution. Go read it, I promise you it is not in there. Even if it were, the judiciary system only utilizes it when it is convenient. For example, while I legally can't use "God bless" in my emails, the government can mandate that the private, Christian university can't pray within their classrooms for fear of being sued by someone who was "offended," even though it was their choice to attend the university. It seems one sided. Again, I made the decision to attend a public college. I had a choice, no one forced me to attend, there are rules and, as a result, I exclude "God bless" from my emails. Not with a happy heart, but I do it.
History proves that when the government gets involved things suffer. Look at the public school system for a prime example. They are facing devastating budget issues. Private schools run exceptionally well on a fraction of the budget. Other organizations such as Obamacare, Internal Revenue Service, the Post Office, Medicare, Social Security that the government has a strong hand in running, suffer tremendously from just the simple things like customer service and technology not to mention the huge amount of financial waste that occurs. All of these organizations are at risk of failing in the immediate future. Is that what we want to turn our great organization into? Government-ran disasters?
For clarification, this is not attack on a specific political party or community. I will love everyone as that is what God commanded, but don't be offended because I will fight to protect my rights too.
Wake up, America. Fight for your religious freedom before someone steals it from you while you sit in silence.
