[QUOTE="dave123321"][QUOTE="th3warr1or"]Probably. But conservatives actively attempt to preserve things as they are. One might say that's called being old-fashioned or stuck in the past, maybe even stupidity, but that's another issue.
Things change. No doubt about that. On the other hand, it's another thing to actively try to change things. It's almost like the people who move to Europe to escape their homeland, and then attempt to change Europe into what they were running away from.
WhiteKnight77
What kind of change? Like specific examples of the change that is being pushed by liberals.I will give you a couple. While I am not religious by any means, removing prayer in school or at school activities. We always had silent prayer before class while I was in school and I had no problem with it. Also, removing the Pledge of Allegiance from schools due to the word God in it. How about the 10 Commandments from public buildings? Liberals are wanting to remove all reference to God from our lives from where I stand. It was even thought that the Presidential Dollar Coins did not have In God We Trust on it (it was on the edge of the coins) due to pressure from liberal groups.
Liberal minded child psychologists who decry the use of corporal punishment for misbehaving children. Look around at how many kids act up in public nowadays. Just Sunday while I was at the grocery store, this young girl was with her parents and she was running up and down the aisles and sliding across the floor without so much as one word. If I had tried something like that as a 5 or 6 year old kid, I would have had my rear end smacked right then and there. Not in todays world. Now, I have no problem with parents spanking a child, but beating the child is out of the question. The touchy, feely notion of time out just does not work.
First off, the Pledge of Allegiance didn't have "under God" until the 1950s nor did we have "In God We Trust" on our paper money (The quote was added on coins after the Civil War to commemorate the national tragedy that our country endured) or as our national motto before the 1950s. These quotes were added in during the Cold War to differente ourselves from the Atheist Soviet Union. There is nothing significant about these quotes and they are meaningless today.
Second, the 10 Commandments has no place because it is a violation of the First Amendment and it really has no place. Biblical law is NOT the foundation of this country otherwise, I'd be stoning some guy because he worked on the sabbath while beating my slaves. Also while the 10 Commandments is shown on the Supreme Court building, it's merely one part of a scene where all lawgivers such as Hammarabi and Menes are shown. In fact here's a link explaining the whole thing.
Third, involuntary prayer doesn't belong in a public school, it's a violation of the First Amendment. Get over it. I don't know how this is still issue.
Forth, corporal punishment doesn't work. In the short run, it does work but not the long run. Numerous studies have shown that corporal punishment harms children psychologically to the point where the child would most likely become criminals or end up beating their own children or even their spouse. It doesn't work. No one says you can't discipline your child but corporal punishment only works in the short run, not the long run. Also, this does include spanking.
Fifth, get rid of the notion that liberals are ruining America because right now it's people who are trying to instill values into law whether it's prayer or a soda ban that should shut up and jump over a cliff.
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