Stomping out profanity
I am a senior at the Brownsville Area High School. I’m writing a positive letter about the Brownsville Area School Board and a resolution they passed at Thursday’s school board meeting. Mrs. Stella Broadwater wrote and read a resolution on the use of profanity being used by employees.
Her resolution simply states that the use of profanity will not be tolerated by any employee or volunteer of the school district. This resolution was agreed and passed by all the school board members.
It is a resolution that was far over due. We are there to be educated and at extra curricular activities to have a little fun and still learn. My experience with profanity is it’s only used when someone is mad and wants to be hurtful. The people hired in our district know they will be working with students, mostly under the age of 18, and they should want to be a positive role model.
Students have feelings too and should be treated with some respect, after all, if a student used profanity on a district employee, we would be disciplined. Now with this new resolution an employee is also held accountable for their actions.
When I work with an adult who has a positive attitude, I give 100 percent. But, when I work with an adult who is screaming profanity, my only thought is to get what I’m doing over with and get out of there.
So I’d like to thank the Brownsville Area School Board for the resolution and for taking the students’ best interests into consideration.
Krystle Redd
Brownsville
Evil battled by nation
At the risk of sounding like a rebuttal in a debate, I wish to comment on Nancy Davis’ response to my commentary entitled “Loving, peaceful God isn’t always found in religions or houses of worship,” and to her comment, “The writer seems to have no use for organized religion.”
I have been an active church member all of my life. I’ve played the organ and piano, sang in the choir and cantatas, taught Sunday and Bible school, wrote and produced the children’s Christmas plays for a number of years, served on the board of directors, served as Sunday school superintendent, served as Women’s Society president, directed the children’s choir, and cooked enough meals to qualify me as a church chef.
I’m the first to admit that the church has its place in our society and world. I’m also willing to admit that it is not God. I believe that God is love and love is God. There is, of course, love in the church, but there is also evil in the church. The church and religions are the prime target for evil. Going to a church building does not protect from evil, nor does it envelop us in God’s love.
My point that Ms. Davis questioned was that the church does not have an exclusive right to God. It is found in many, many people who do not need the church. With the focus on religion as the strength behind the tragedy of 9-11, the Christian religion is also in question. Jesus is the savior for the Christian religion, but other religions have different saviors, and all religions think they are right. Obviously, we can’t all be right, but we can all be wrong.
Therein lies the problem. An open mind and a loving heart can solve a lot of problems. God does not belong to the Christian church any more than he belongs to the Muslim church. God is in individuals and love is what we see, feel and give. We can no longer afford to isolate God to the church. The mighty force of evil knows the Christian church is not a threat. Its target is our nation, and it’s our nation that must eliminate the evil. The churches are too divided and diversified to protect even themselves.
America is still the land coveted by the people who cherish love and freedom. It is not coveted for its religions. It is not coveted for its churches, as beautiful as they are. It is coveted for its ability to give a loving life to its citizens that is not only honorable to the state but rewarding to the individual. It is beyond American comprehension to consider asking anyone to go on a suicide trip for the good of their religion. Americans will die for each other and die to preserve the freedom that we all cherish, but their sacrifice is out of love, and therefore is out of God, the almighty force for good.
America is scorned by other religions because of its altruism, patriotism and courage to lead the world in a fight against evil. The whole world now needs a savior and it’s time for America to roll.
Donna Sherman
McClellandtown