Word: moralizers
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From Chicago high schools to rural Texas middle schools, an energized cry for school prayer now echoes from pulpits, political leaders, parents and students. The long-running moral conflict over public schools has found new energy in the wake of September’s terrorist attacks. But the solution is not simply to put prayer in public schools. Instead, we must help students practice real virtues and empower parents to choose among private schools with strong moral or religious priorities...
...sides believe that certain values—civic, moral or religious—should be taught in school, and they recognize the classroom’s impact on the moral outlook of America’s children. Most parents want nothing more dearly than to ensure that their children grow up to be men and women of integrity, honesty, industry and charity...
...public school system espouses only a diluted version of secular humanism and a weak idea of tolerance. It has become a moral vacuum. Inspiring teachers are prohibited from discussing their moral or religious convictions with their students, and some students absorb this sour nihilism in dangerous ways. Recently, four teenagers in the Boston area were arrested for plotting a sick, heartless killing spree in their high school. Mass murders, gang activity and violence in public schools are now all too common. When will we learn that students in schools without positive moral aspirations will sink into festering amorality, alienation...
...would be nothing short of a resounding moral victory if the United States worked with its Muslim and Arab citizens to defeat the force that hijacked Islam for its evil ends. It would avoid another bloody war and it would deliver a message more powerful than our biggest bombs...
...remains to be seen whether refusing to take part in the questioning of Middle Eastern Americans will become the modern day equivalent of claming up at the McCarthy hearings, but the passion surrounding the issues of terrorism, domestic security and civil liberties all but ensures a moral line will be drawn in the sand...