The unjust campaign against God

I just found an article from awhile ago concerning the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and one of their decisions.

The majority opinion, written by Judge Alfred T. Goodwin, actually said this:

"God should not be in public school where he might unduly influence unsuspecting children without the consent of their parents," wrote Judge Alfred T. Goodwin in the majority opinion.

It takes about one second to realize what an outrageous comment this is. Goodwin is ignoring the whole essence of the situation by using consent as an excuse.

It gets worse.

Goodwin has asked for all administrators, teachers and hall monitors to be on the look-out for the Father, the Son or the Holy Ghost, and to immediately remove them from the premises if they are found.

Is he kidding? Sadly, probably not.

Even if we look at this from a totally non-religious viewpoint, why should we systematically remove such information and practices from our schools, let alone attempt to remove God Himself (if that was even possible)?

The ALA (American Library Association) Code of Ethics provides an excellent way to approach faith-based initiatives in schools. See II and VII.

II. We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to censor library resources.
VII. We distinguish between our personal convictions and professional duties and do not allow our personal beliefs to interfere with fair representation of the aims of our institutions or the provision of access to their information resources.

If we follow this, there should be no problems in our schools. But faith has its place and we cannot ignore that any longer.

Sources: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/127143/god_banned_from_public_schools.html
http://www.pla.org/ala/oif/statementspols/codeofethics/codeethics.htm

-Apollo