OPINION by KENNEY ENNEY Today I look at the threats that our nation faces from within and without and I wonder if the light of freedom that has been
Today I look at the threats that our nation faces from within and without and I wonder if the light of freedom that has been entrusted to us by the founding fathers will go out forever under our watch. The love of country; that thread of patriotism that has stitched together black Americans and white Americans, Christian Americans and Jewish Americans, Latino Americans and Anglo Americans into one people is no longer taught in our schools.
We are a nation divided and a community divided, constantly bombarded by the media with stories about the “evils” of the other side and the “threat” that they pose to your way of life or my way of life. I would never have expected that board members would knowingly leave in place policies that actively violate the rights of some in order to appease a vocal fringe minority.
Therefore, “in the classroom, teachers act on behalf of the district and are expected to follow the adopted curriculum.” When I joined the school board in May 2023, there were more LGBTQ flags than American flags displayed in the high school. Although the district did take the necessary steps to ensure new American flags were displayed in every classroom, flags and banners of certain groups, like the pro law enforcement “Thin Blue Line” flag, remained prohibited.
It has been 20 years since I was deployed in Fallujah, Iraq. On July 4, 2004, three young Marines were killed in an ambush just outside of the town. I was a passenger in CH-46E Sea Knight flying back to Fallujah from a meeting in Baghdad when the crew chief told us that our helicopter was being diverted for an emergency evacuation.
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