And going higher. Parents, police authorities, edu cators and thoughtful citizens in all walks of life are deeply disturbed. They should be. For they wre re sponsible. We of the older genera- tion are responsible. Our youngsters are no better and no worse than we were at the same age. Generally, they are wiser. But —they have more temptations than we had. They have more cars. They have more money. They have more opportunities for getting into trou ble. We opened doors for them that were denied to us. We encouraged permissiveness. We indulged them. We granted maximum freedoms. And we asked for a minimum in re- spect. . . and in responsibility. Rules and regulations that pre vailed for generations as sane and sensible guides for personal con duct were reduced or removed. Or ignored. Prayer was banned from the schoolroom and the traditional school books that taught moral precepts as well as reading were replaced with the inane banalities of “ Dick and Jane.” Basically, there are just two main streams of religious thought in these United States. Those who be lieve in a Supreme Being. And those who do not. The first group far outnumbers the second. But — this nation that was founded on the democratic con cept of “majority rule” now denies the positive rights of many to pro tect the negative rights of a few. As prayer went out of the class room so, too, did patriotism. No longer are our children en couraged to take pride in our na tion’s great and glorious past. Heroes are down-graded. The rule played by the .United States in rais- ing the hearts and hopes of all en slaved peoples for a century and a half is minimized. We believe this is wrong. We are convinced that a majority of our citizens would welcome an increase in patriotism and prayer and a de- crease in the peddling of sex, sensa tionalism, materialism and sordid ness. If the general public is as deeply disturbed as we are by the decline in national morals and in national pride, let it speak out. Together we can put down the sex peddlers without lifting the blue- noses. And, with God’s help, we can put prayer and patriotism back in our classrooms. And in our hearts and homes as well. —Courtesy of the San Francisco Examiner.
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