Engaging Weekend is a collection of articles from the weekend you might have missed. But we thought they were important and wanted to make sure you had a chance to read them.
Middle School student wears abstinence t-shirt, school makes her remove it and wear ‘punishment’ t-shirt
A middle school in Florida is under fire after they made a student, Summer Schreiner, remove the pro-abstinence shirt she was wearing and put on a “discipline shirt” instead. A recent article reports: “The shirt actually says on the front ‘Don’t Drink & Park: Accidents Cause Kids’ and then shows a parked car below it. Clearly it’s a tame abstinence message but there’s really no sexual innuendo on it. And then she’s told to remove it and she’s made to wear a shirt the school supplies especially for these instances of ‘dress code violations’ that says ‘Tomorrow I will dress for success.’” I can see why they made her remove it; we can’t have kids promoting abstinence at schools where underage kids are present, that sends a bad message? This is absurdity at the highest level. To think that this shirt is somehow offensive, or violates some policy is ridiculous. I bet if she would have worn some pro-Planned Parenthood shirt that promotes abortion or the LGBT agenda she would have been unbothered. But those abstinence shirts are just too much, they have to go. This is what happens when the government is given oversight of education and parents ignore their responsibility to be engaged in that same education. They promote poor behaviors and actions while punishing character and values. Click here to watch the video or see original article.
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About Nathan Cherry
Nathan Cherry is the chief editor and blogger for the Engage Family Minute blog, the official blog of the FPCWV. He serves also as the Regional Development Coordinator as a liaison to the pastor's of West Virginia. He is a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-religious freedom conservative. He is also a husband, father, pastor, author, musician, and follower of Jesus Christ.
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As the year draws to a close it is almost standard to be reflective and look back at accomplishments from the previous year. This is helpful in determining where we have come and where we are headed. For those in the pro-life movement it is a critical part of staying motivated to press on in the face of constant media attacks, legislative attacks, social media attacks, and certainly attacks from pro-abortion advocates.
There are a number of arguments regarding the “pro-death” vs. “pro-life” subject not the least of which might be why we call it “pro-death” instead of “pro-choice.” That one is simply explained by staking the claim to “telling it like it is.”
