Fighting Back
January 20, 2002
by Charles E. Perry
We’ve all heard the stories about how liberals have dumbed down our schools
where American history is concerned. Most of us can probably think of
at least one young product of our public schools who has no clue about
the history behind the founding of our nation. Well, some people are fighting
back, and those people set a fine example for the rest of us.
Bill Dillon of Florida is a good example. For three years he has been
working with Florida legislators to enact a law mandating that students
begin each day by reciting these words from the second paragraph of the
Declaration of Independence: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident,
that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and
the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, governments are
instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the
Governed." The full text of the bill, as well as more information
about it, may be found at The
Declaration Foundation’s Message Goes to Florida. You might want to
think about something similar in your own state. It will at least let
the kids know that the men who founded this nation believed in God, and
that they saw our rights as coming from God.
I learned about Bill when he responded to my column, The
Evil of the Left. He wasn’t the only one who responded, however. I
also heard from Scott James, a young lad from California who attends a
Catholic Prep School. Mr. James is president of his school chapter of
Young Republicans of America, and he had some interesting things to say
as well.
Young Mr. James recently sought permission to do a lunchtime presentation
called "The Hypocrisy of Liberal America." He sought to do the
presentation in response to anti-war sentiments being expressed in the
school. He was denied permission to do so. According to Mr. James, school
officials felt the presentation would be too controversial. And yet, says
Mr. James, a group called IRIS, which openly promotes homosexuality, was
allowed to post leaflets about "National Coming Out Day." I
hasten to add here that I have been unable to contact the school to get
their side, but if what Mr. James said is the truth, it boggles the mind.
Folks, I got a lot of mail about that column, all of it from concerned,
conservative people who are fighting back in any way they can. So take
heart; we are not alone. There are many of us who oppose the liberal agenda,
and some of us are even becoming effective at doing so. I am especially
gratified by the number of young people who wrote me. It gives me hope
that modern liberalism’s days are numbered, and that we may yet see its
end.
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Charles E. Perry is a freelance writer living in Michigan. He
has done a variety of things in his life, including Ward Supervisor at the State
of Michigan's Maximum Security Mental Facility. His degree is in accounting,
but he discovered writing and now spends his time hunched over a keyboard, hollow-eyed,
looking for just the right word. Perry is the author of "How Government
Should Work: A Look at the Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United
States," currently pending publication.
Send the author an E mail at Perry@ConservativeTruth.org.
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