Drifting away from God will only create corruption

The guest editorial in the Dec. 9 edition of the Southern Standard is somewhat confusing to me. The writer states, “What schools and communities need to remember is the First Amendment separates church from state.”

My copy of the Constitution does not state this. This fallacy of separation of church and state is not in the Constitution. In 1947, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black ruled in the case of Everson v. Board of Education there is a separation between church and state. Why would the judge single out Christianity to be separated from the state? No religion is called the church except Christianity.

Christmas is a Christian observance recognizing the birth of Christ. If this is the reason for Christmas, why are there objections by certain organizations against a Christian holiday?

Theses organizations are trying to make Christmas a secular occasion and remove Christ from all aspects of our lives. If it is secular, there is no reason to celebrate so let us just do away with Christmas. We have done away with Columbus Day. We have done away with George Washington’s birthday and Lincoln’s birthday.

In a Baltimore lawsuit instigated by atheist Madelyn Murray O’Hair, the justices ruled it was unconstitutional for a state to have portions of the Bible recited in schools, having determined this was an establishment of religion.

Martin Luther in the 16th century, foresaw what would happen if God was abandoned in the classroom. He stated: “I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless they diligently labor in the explaining of the Holy Scriptures, engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place his child where scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which men are not increasingly occupied with the word of God must become corrupt.”
Laverne Grieves
Beersheba Highway
McMinnville