Dirk Vertigan on Prayer in Tangipahoa
Parish Schools - Published in the Baton Rouge Advocate
Preface:
On 3/26/2001 I came across an article on the The Advocate (Baton
Rouge) website. Apparently, one Sunday, a group of believers decided
that it wasn't enough to pray at each other in the privacy or their
church, so they thought they would go out and pray at everyone else.
The article had a photo of a bunch of people marching around a school,
praying, in Loranger, Tangipahoa parish. In response to my letter
I actually received letters from two of the participants, and it
gave me a real insight into how extremely weird some people are.
My Letter:
I was appalled to see the article (3/26) about church groups marching
around Tangipahoa schools engaged in a bizarre satanic ritual, namely
prayer. How could people be so sadistically depraved that they would
force their religious views on innocent children? Religious activity
should only be performed in private and amongst consenting adults.
Public prayer is treason and school prayer is child abuse. A school
should be a haven of safety, and children need to be protected from
drug dealers, christian evangelists and pedophiles.
Dirk Vertigan
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