THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VII, Issue # 109, May 12, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
PUBLIC SCHOOLS: AWAKENING AMERICA TO THE DANGER
By Christopher G. Adamo
AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS & THEIR COMPLETE DEGENERATION FROM ANY PRETENSE OF PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH A
SOUND ACADEMIC EDUCATION OR OF PROMOTING TRADITIONAL WESTERN SOCIAL & MORAL VALUES: THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS' FOCUS UPON INDOCTRINATING CHILDREN & YOUTH TOWARDS ANTI-CHRISTIAN COUNTERCULTURAL SOCIAL
TRANSFORMATION, WORKING TO SUPPLANT REFERENCES TO GOD & A DIVINELY CREATED MORAL ORDER WITH THE TWISTED,
AMORAL PRECEPTS OF SECULARISM & "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS" -- THE MORAL DUTY & OBLIGATION OF CHRISTIANS TO
AWAKEN AMERICA TO THE DANGER POSED BY THE GODLESS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FULL STORY:
Far too few among members of the Christian community are willing to remain steadfast in
their beliefs, in the face of the enormous pressures of Liberal social
change. Fortunately, Bruce N. Shortt exemplifies the meaning of such worthy
resolve.
Last year, Shortt, along with T.C. Pinckney, made waves at the 2004 Southern
Baptist Convention (SBC) by stating the obvious. America’s educational
system has, over the past several decades, completely degenerated from any
pretense of promoting academics. Instead, it is primarily focused on a
program of indoctrinating students towards countercultural social
transformation.
Relentlessly working to eradicate any references to God or traditional
morality, the nation’s government schools now continually supplant such
things with the twisted precepts of “political correctness.” This ideology
seeks to obliterate the concept of moral absolutes.
Ironically, the only perverse exception to this is the attitude that even the slightest
disagreement with any view of the Liberal elite violates their absolute
standards, and thus constitutes “hatred,” “intolerance,” “bigotry,” or some
other dastardly crime against humanity.
So Shortt and Pinckney proposed a resolution encouraging Christian parents
to remove their children from the public school system. Unfortunately,
though it should have been overwhelmingly accepted, the Southern Baptist
Convention’s response was quite the opposite.
An insipid caveat was offered by Resolution Committee Chairman Calvin
Wittman of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, who claimed that the Church would be wrong
to “usurp the authority that God had placed firmly in the home.” One has to
wonder how willing Wittman would be to accept Internet pornography and
underage drinking within Baptist homes on similar grounds.
Disturbing news stories regularly erupt from throughout the country
detailing public school policies that affront innocent children, along with
the entire foundation of traditional morality. At best, the Church can only
offer a weekly Sunday School lesson as an antidote.
With each ensuing outrage, it must be remembered that the Southern Baptists
disgracefully collaborated by essentially granting their institutional
endorsement to the status quo.
This year, however, things may be different. Mr. Shortt, with the help of Dr.
Voddie Bauchan, has submitted another resolution for consideration by the
SBC, admonishing Baptist Churches and parents merely to investigate the
particular curricula and philosophies being impressed upon children and youth by the public schools in
their own communities.
Of course, Shortt and Bauchan know full well that morally reprehensible
teachings are widespread among America’s public schools. Thus an acceptance of
their resolution could be every bit as encompassing as their previous
effort.
Last year’s resolution proposal was intended to focus on the institution of
public schooling itself. In contrast, this year’s effort seeks to admonish
Church leaders and parents to be watchful for evidence of morally
reprehensible ideologies that are possibly present in local public school classrooms. Once
informed, Baptists can then either stand fast against such things, or
passively acquiesce to them.
Admittedly, even if the resolution passes, no one is obligated to abide by
it. And some will likely assuage their feelings of obligation by seeking
reassurances from the very public school officials who promote such material, which
is tantamount to asking the fox to assess the chicken coop (Blessed are the
peacemakers, don’t you know…).
Still, any who do objectively follow up will be unable to contain their
shock and outrage at the abysmal situation they will find. Though some may
choose to reject this harsh reality, it is difficult to ignore the abounding
evidence of moral decay in the public schools.
Had Christians refused to play along and, instead, removed their children en
masse, back when the U.S. Supreme Court first prohibited prayer in government
schools, the financial fallout alone would have been sufficient to cause the
high court to quickly reconsider and ultimately reverse its decision.
But, like Esau in the Book of Genesis, they looked instead to their immediate
comfort and convenience, and chose to play along, and have given up ground
ever since. Instead of correcting the problem as they clearly had the power
to do, they actually enabled it to continue and proliferate.
Shortt and Bauchan have wisely sought to include in their resolution a
statement supporting Christian teachers who have not been given over to the
post-modern mindset. Such people, assuming they remain steadfast, are to be
commended for their courage no less than missionaries in a hostile foreign
land.
In the end, the fate of the Shortt-Bauchan resolution will denote the
condition of the SBC as either a spiritual guidepost to the nation and the
world, or as just another follower of the latest social trends.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Education & America's Schools
A Practical Guide to Homeschooling
Morality, Decency, & Traditional American Family Values
Religion, Secularism, & America
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian. Adamo maintains his own Internet website, which is located at