2126 Wilmette Avenue
Wilmette, IL 60091-2377
Tel: 847-251-4661
Worship Times
Sunday:
Bible Study - 9:30am
Worship Service - 10:30am
Evening Worship - 6pm
Wednesday
Bible Study - 7:30pm
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Wilmette Church of Christ 2126 Wilmette Avenue Wilmette, IL 60091-2377 Tel: 847-251-4661 |
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The Roaring Sound of The Day of Silence By Jonathan Teram Today, as I write this, students across the nation observed The Day of Silence. Pop quiz, Yokefellow: What is The Day of Silence? The Day of Silence (DOS) was implemented in the schools not even a decade ago. The group which came up with the idea is GLSEN---Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network. Students are encouraged to remain completely silent (if you can imagine teens being silent!) throughout the school day in order to “protest” the bullying of homosexual students. “Protest” becomes an “iffy” word however. In a way, students remain silent to honor homosexual students who have been bullied. Now, I have no problem with protesting bullying. In fact, one day (sooner rather than later) I will make a commitment to do what I can to end bullying in schools. This is because I was bullied throughout my student career. It may be hard to believe that I was not the most popular kid in school, but nevertheless it’s true! Bullying is not even the right word to describe what I went through. Abused is a far more accurate description. Kids can be downright cruel! And then they grow up to be cruel (or crude) adults. But looking back, it wasn’t the bullies whom I am most angry with. I recognize that those kids were just insecure due to the fact that they probably grew up in homes devoid of love and God. The ones I resent the most are the deans, teachers and principals who turned a blind eye. I still have it in mind to write them a letter, even after all these years. Their apathy is revolting. Believe me; I am very passionate about protecting kids from bullying! But the DOS is not just about bullying. I don’t want homosexual students to be bullied any more than I want anyone else to be bullied. If we’re really protesting bullying, why is the DOS only about homosexuals? And why a day of silence which is clearly disruptive to the learning process? Can you imagine a day of silence on the job? Why not just wear ribbons? The answer is because it really has little to do with bullying and everything to do with promoting the homosexual agenda to our nation’s young people. Don’t believe me? I graduated high school in 98 and in 10 years things have changed. When I was in high school, the biggest vice was the distribution of condoms. Today, homosexual pornography is taught in AP English classes. Have you heard of the play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia? Flip to any page you want and you will find the most vulgar language describing the most immoral acts. Oh, it gets worse than that too. Many of our children’s male teachers come to school dressed as women. One school newspaper written by a student published an article stating that oral sex is the new kissing. Students are shown anti-Christian videos. No longer are our children putting on plays like West Side Story or The Sound of Music. Now, in addition to Angels in America it is The Laramie Project---a pro-gay, anti-Christian propaganda play. And of course it has vulgarities in it. If we’re shocked about that we’re a couple of years too late. Movies like Brokeback Mountain are shown all the time and without parental permission or consent, mind you. Times they have a-changed. In telling you this, it is my wish that we would write letters, go to school board meetings, do whatever we can to fight. I am aware, however, that we can win this fight and still not win people to Christ. If this is political or social activism, it is not purely Christianity. Jesus did not concern Himself with Rome; He was concerned with the Kingdom. I am also aware that because of this (and other reasons) a lot of Christians are perfectly happy to ignore what is happening in our schools. Hence the reason it is getting worse. Prayerfully, we must find the balance. At the very least, as Americans, know that your tax money is funding pornography. But most important of all, know that sin is a cancer that will indeed spread from the schools to the church. |
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