TRY SOME HONESTY

So, Maria C. Monastra is an attorney, and she cites a court ruling as justification for continuing to use the phrase “God bless America” in public schools. So, some courts interpreted “God bless America” to “refer to religion in only the most general sense.” And more amusingly, she then concludes that “it seems most unlikely that a reasonable casual observer could make any other finding.” What reasonable casual observer? People like her, I suppose. Look, saying “God bless America” in government-funded public school is not the same thing as the knee-jerk response most of us have when someone sneezes and we blurt out “God bless you.” The former is premeditated, and is intended to produce what result, exactly? The latter is mere reflex and is said in the cause of politeness. They are not the same. At least be honest about it. JB