Update: Mass. 4th Graders Will Be Allowed to Sing ‘God Bless the USA’ During Assembly
- Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:36am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Fourth graders at a Massachusetts elementary school will be allowed to sing “God Bless the USA” during an assembly after administrators had planned to remove the word “God” from the song.
As The Blaze previously reported, Stall Brook Elementary pulled the song from the program after parents reacted with outrage when students were taught to sing “We love the USA” instead of “God bless the USA” during the chorus of the Lee Greenwood song.
Bellingham Public Schools Superintendent Edward Fleury said in a statement Thursday “God Bless the USA” will be included in the assembly’s song line-up and that students will be allowed to sing or not sing the words.
“No other words will be substituted,” Fleury said.
He admitted that “[p]olitical correctness is certainly a consideration in the public sector“ but said the district ”believe[s] the use of the word God is acceptable in patriotic songs.”
“The district has no intent to censor any patriotic songs,” Fleury said. “We are certainly sorry if this approach was perhaps considered as disrespectful. That was never the intent.”
Greenwood had told Fox News he objected to the school changing his lyrics, saying “the most important word in the whole piece of music is the word God.”
Watch an original news report on the controversy below:
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Comments (41)
MetalPatriot
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 5:05pmNext step is to fire Fleury and those that follow his lead. He never said that pulling the song was wrong, only that he was sorry it wasn’t tolerated.
Find a new job, Communist.
Our kids are truly at stake and are the grand prize in this war. Literally Good vs Evil.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 7:27pmTeachers will cut their own throats by pushing their union agenda when parents start withdrawing their children from schools that teach inferior beliefs that go against the parents.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 3:31pmGod wins.
Report Post »Micah.Stone
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:44pmSo, these leftist extremist socialist indoctrinators (what used to be jokingly called “teachers”) won’t demand that the word “obama” be substituted for word “God” ? Amazing !!!
Report Post »BigEddieB
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:41pmif I was Lee Greenwood I would do every thing within my power to prevent this travesty of Political Correctness Run Amok up to, and including lawsuits against the school and school district if necessary, to prevent this from happening…
Report Post »Mad_as_Hell...
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:29pmUntil we can say that sentence without the words “will be allowed” we still have issues.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:46pmAgreed!
Report Post »piper60
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:07pmSometimes conservative push back works. Public embarrassment helps.
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:07pmIt’s stupid we have to continually fight these battles, but we do.
PC seems to be a rampant disease!
I guess the “cure” will be to continue to stand up/speak out–one stupid battle at a time. . .
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:44pmAll these Severely Conservative issues coming from Romney’s State…..
He would make a good running mate to Obama….. Oh wait. Romney is Obama’s Running Mate.
Report Post »HowTruthHurts
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 10:18pm@ MS-GLENNBC
What does your name mean? I see the mix of “MSNBC” and “Glenn” (as in “Glenn Beck” I presume), but I don’t perceive the point.
(this is NOT a sarcastic question – I’m genuinely curious)
Report Post »truthseekerusa
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:39pmCompliments to the parents for stood their ground in forcing the principal to use the original words. In time more parents will withdraw their children from the public schools and the only ones left will be the minority controlled inner cities where the kids will be taught to hate America.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:09pmThey should probably remove this administration and replace it with people who have a moral code. That was just a bizarre decision on their part.
Report Post »ThankBabyJesus
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:17pmGod bless the usa!
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:35pmEnough good people banded together for a common cause can make a difference.
Report Post »Cat Ballou
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:38pmA better headline: School officials are not allowed to infringe on the rights of their 4th grade students & will be removed from their positions
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:16pm” It’s a miracle! “
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:03pmThat is a very good choice, Bellington. I hope all remember that it was God that made the earth for us to live and we will be with him when we Die. You can think what you want but you can see what the world is now without following Gods holy ways. If you have any doubts to Gods being just take time to look around and study each thing that you can to see and the complication it takes in establishing each person, each plant etc. God Bless America.
Report Post »possom
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:45pmThese peckerwwod lib‘s need to get a clue and leave the kid’s alone!!!!
Report Post »reelmom5
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:33pmWas the meaning of Greenwood’s verses lost on these educators? “And I’m proud to be an American/ where at least I know I’m free”? These educators will chip away at the truth in the name of correctness until there is no truth remaining. Thank you, Massachusetts parents, for taking a stand. Mr. Fleury apologizes if the omission of God was “considered . . .disrepectful.” I don’t consider it disrespectful–I recognize it as evil.
Report Post »wianno94
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:26pmIrony….
Thursday April 5. “School disallows the use of the words ”God bless the USA in a song to be sung by school children because it might be offensive to some.
Friday April 6. “Schools closed for Good Friday.”
Report Post »G.E.R
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:22pmThis song sucked in 80′s when it was first released and got worse over the years. There’s other and better songs of patriotism they could have used
SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:10pmIf you slipped in to a coma about 20 years ago and woke up today and turned on the news you would probably freak out but the day by day encroachment of our freedoms are almost unnoticeable,..and since they are taken away in such small increments,there is no outrage.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:10pmThis whole country needs to be begging God for help but instead we have the PC police patrols out removing His name from every public place.
Report Post »I’m glad they decided to sing the song as written but the word God should never have been removed for ANY reason to begin with.
FloridaFarmGirl
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:03pmHopefully the online education system will be everywhere soon so kids don’t have to go to these liberal schools. This will be great for those who can’t stay home and home school their kids. Classrooms will be a thing of the past and everyone’s kids will be the better for it.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:03pmPretty soon we’ll have to refer to God as “the G word” in public.
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:13pmOnly until Sharia Law settles in.Then it will be a different story.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:20pmNo, pretty soon we are going to have to resort to dragging these commies and politicians out of their offices by the hair and hanging them. It will never stop without some sort of revolution.
Report Post »CORRUPTION
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:01pmChange the words to “we love the USA”. Yea right. These Communist who has infiltrated our schools don’t even love the U S A.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:55amRemember when we used to say, “GOD bless you!” when people sneezed?
We still do.
Why don’t you?
GOD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT “THING” in everything we do.
Without HIM, we are nothing.
If you wonder what being “nothing” is like, check out the left and current “leadership” in AMERICA.
Great examples of life without GOD and what “nothing” is.
The superintendent is still playing games. No spine for GOD?
Report Post »Eternity without HIM isn’t worth being pc or bc or cd or anything else, folks.
aragona
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:50amThis example, in a long list of similar examples of liberal indoctrination in our schools, reinforces the fact that if we stay on top of this and expose them as these things come up, the parents can protect their children from this poisonous thinking.
Report Post »thekuligs
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:49amSang that song in school in the 3rd grade with no fuss what so ever. Of course, that was in Texas and 20 years ago.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:47amThe fact this is even an issue, shows you how demented some of our neighbors can be…the twisted agenda of the left, filtering down to the impressionable youth, brainwashing them into thinking saying “God Bless…” is a curse word, offensive and punishable….simply disturbing.
Report Post »Balpit
Posted on April 7, 2012 at 3:13pmBut “God damn”, is fine.
Report Post »OK, so you’re saying the dreaded “G-word”, but you’re taking his name in vain, so it’s different!
And if you say it against America like Jeremiah Wright did, bonus!
“Not God Bless America! God DAMN America!”