jimmy asks:
"Why is it that our children can't legally read a Bible in a public school, but they can in a federal or state prison?"
okay, mister sassy pants! you know as well as i do that in prison there are people there who are willing to TEACH johnny how to read -- FINALLY! oh, but i kid, i kid.
you know, we have two misconceptions to work with here. the first is that kids can't legally read the bible in school. POPPYCOCK! hogwash, i say! while this is still in the top ten list of "Email Forwards Sent By Secretaries Pushing 40 While Typing 90," it is untrue.
the bible is READILY available in the libraries of MOST public schools in our country. children can check it out, but let's be honest here -- is a child of 10 going to go for Thee and Begotten over Francis And The Hamburger Incident? kids may also bring a bible from home to read on their own time. nary a whelp has been arrested at the gates yet for bringing their bibles to school, mister malarkey!
just for giggles, i called around today to a public elementary, junior high and high school and asked the school librarians if the bible was available for kids to read. they were! more than one copy and different translations even!
okay, you secretaries of the world -- whip out that memo for the boss, because you've got some REAL typing to do! spread it around as quickly as you can -- as if an AIDS-infected needle was chasing you and trying to cut out your kidney and leave you in a bathtub full of ice!
your love of truth COMPELS you to spread the news -- the bible's back in town, baby -- and in fact, it never left!
TYPE LIKE THE WIND, SECRETARIES!!
but let's move on to the martha stewart portion of your question. do you think ms. martha reads the bible? i wonder if she'll take up "but i'm a christian now" in her appeal stage, or if the sisters of the koran will snag her first. what a dilemma!
now really, what would you choose? on the one hand you have the bible talking about how adornments are an exercise in vainglory (ungood, though isn't that a pretty word, vainglory? they should name a flower that!). on the other hand you have the koran... but all those BURKHAS! what do you do? what DO you do?
well, while martha might have a helpful hint or two about snazzing up those dreary burkhas ("ten nifty halloween costumes you can make from your burkha while still covering all but 2 inches in the eye area with fabric" for instance), i suspect she'll stick with the bible.
though all kinds of religious books are readily available, i suspect that our martha will stick with to the bible. after all, clothing isn't her fortΓ© -- but i'll bet she'll get lost in a merry reverie reading about the last supper!
and besides, i just can't envision her hangin' with the sistahs.
helpfully,
dr. cavallo π
p.s. the bible isn't read in harder core prisons so much these days (though it remains available in the prison these rough and tumble criminals are on tinterhooks with excitement over soon-to-be-released "THE BIBLE" a movie by mel gibson. chariot crashes! angelina jolie as jezebel! gratuitous gladiators clash following the "throw the christians to the lions!" scene. what's not to like for a hard con?