Prayer not allowed in school - Did this start today's world?

9/5/2021

In 1999, I received this poem in an email. All I know of the person that wrote is; her name, Jodi Morgan, and that she was twelve years old and lived in Boston.

 

Now I sit me down in school

Where praying is against the rule.

For this great country under God

Finds mention of him very odd.

If scripture now the class recites

It violates the bill of rights.

Anytime my head I bow

Becomes a federal matter now.

The law is specific; the law is precise

Praying out loud in no longer nice.

Praying out loud in a public hall

Upsets those who believe in nothing at all.

In silene alone we can meditate

And if God gets the credit-Great!

They are bringing their guns;

I don’t dare bring my bible,

To do so might make me liable.

So, now oh Lord, this plea I make,

Should I be shot in school,

My soul please take. . Jodi Morgan