Someone sent me this via, email, thought it was pretty good....
I don't know any newspaper people who think like this. Hats off to
> Mr.Gholson: From the TIMES RECORD NEWS, Wichita Falls, Texas: By: NICK
> GHOLSON
>
> Some people, it seems, get offended way too easily. I mean, isn't that
what
> all this prayer hullabaloo is all about - people getting offended? Those
> of us in the majority are always tippy-toeing around, trying to make sure
> we don't step on the toes or hurt the feelings of the humorless. And you
> can bet there's a lawyer standing on every corner making sure we don't.
> Take this prayer deal. It's absolutely ridiculous. Some atheist goes to
> a high school football game, hears a kid say a short prayer before the
> game and gets offended. So he hires a lawyer and goes to court and asks
> somebody to pay him a whole bunch of money for all the damage done to him.
> You would have thought the kid kicked him in the crotch. Damaged for life
> by a 30-second prayer? Am I missing something here? I don't believe in
> Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho
> song in December. I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire
a
> lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of evolution. Life,
> liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because
someone
> says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big deal?
> It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts.
They're
> just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to
the
> players on the field and the fans going home from the game. But it's a
> Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of
> America, a country founded on Christian principles. And we are in the
> Bible Belt. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches
> outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect -
> somebody chanting Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in Jerusalem,
> I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer. If I went to a soccer game in
> Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong
> match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha. And I
> wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome...
> "But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them?
Nobody
> is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection
plate.
> Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman
> or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand.
> Call your lawyer. Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or
> two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a
short
> prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations. Nor
> do I believe that not praying will result in more serious injuries on the
> field or more fatal car crashes after the game. In fact, I'm not so sure
> God would even be at all these games if he didn't have to be. That's just
> one of the downsides of omnipresence. If God really liked sports, the
> Russians would never have won a single gold medal, New York would never
> play in a World Series and Deion Sanders' toe would be healed by now.
> Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our
> courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us
> to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us
> just to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers
> are telling us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last sentence
> offends you-well............ just sue me.
I don't know any newspaper people who think like this. Hats off to
> Mr.Gholson: From the TIMES RECORD NEWS, Wichita Falls, Texas: By: NICK
> GHOLSON
>
> Some people, it seems, get offended way too easily. I mean, isn't that
what
> all this prayer hullabaloo is all about - people getting offended? Those
> of us in the majority are always tippy-toeing around, trying to make sure
> we don't step on the toes or hurt the feelings of the humorless. And you
> can bet there's a lawyer standing on every corner making sure we don't.
> Take this prayer deal. It's absolutely ridiculous. Some atheist goes to
> a high school football game, hears a kid say a short prayer before the
> game and gets offended. So he hires a lawyer and goes to court and asks
> somebody to pay him a whole bunch of money for all the damage done to him.
> You would have thought the kid kicked him in the crotch. Damaged for life
> by a 30-second prayer? Am I missing something here? I don't believe in
> Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho
> song in December. I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire
a
> lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of evolution. Life,
> liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because
someone
> says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's the big deal?
> It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts.
They're
> just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to
the
> players on the field and the fans going home from the game. But it's a
> Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of
> America, a country founded on Christian principles. And we are in the
> Bible Belt. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches
> outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect -
> somebody chanting Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in Jerusalem,
> I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer. If I went to a soccer game in
> Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong
> match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha. And I
> wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome...
> "But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them?
Nobody
> is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection
plate.
> Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman
> or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand.
> Call your lawyer. Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or
> two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a
short
> prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations. Nor
> do I believe that not praying will result in more serious injuries on the
> field or more fatal car crashes after the game. In fact, I'm not so sure
> God would even be at all these games if he didn't have to be. That's just
> one of the downsides of omnipresence. If God really liked sports, the
> Russians would never have won a single gold medal, New York would never
> play in a World Series and Deion Sanders' toe would be healed by now.
> Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our
> courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us
> to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us
> just to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers
> are telling us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last sentence
> offends you-well............ just sue me.
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