First of all I am in agreement that what she did was wrong. But what some
of you are telling me is that one mistake wipes out 4 years of hard work.
When you make a mistake at work on Friday, you are willing to give up your
whole weeks paycheck. You do not have former drug addicts or alcoholics
speak in your church. You do not have former prostitutes speak either.
They have all make mistakes. In my opinion, they are worse mistakes than
being pregnant. They put their bodies through abuse. You are giving the
wrong message when you invite these people to speak. Yes, its OK to take
drugs, drink, and abuse your body as long as you accept Christ before you
die. I think that this girl could have done more good if she was allowed to
stand in front of her class, parents, and everyone else who was there and
speak of her sin and show her embarrassment. She could tell everyone that
she was wrong and explain that they should not follow in her footsteps. NO,
we are going to sweep it under a rug and cover it up as best as we can. In
a year or two though we will let her speak to people and give the same
message that she could be giving now. Maybe she could change some lives NOW
instead of later. Maybe she could prevent this from happening to 2 or 3
other people. If she would have come to the school as a sophomore,
pregnant, and said she has sinned and was wrong, they would have probably
let her enroll. Because she was already enrolled, we kick her out. This is
worse punishment than Jimmy Swagart received. We have lost more people in
the A/G this way than what we probably have.
Keith Brooks
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Date: 05 26 99 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [RR] RE: school takes away valedictorian
>I believe that this should have been handled differently. Yes there is
>consequences that we have to bear when we commit sin, but it seems that the
>school is trying to set a precedent, that if you attend a Christian school,
>you should bear the fruits of a Christian. I believe that the school does
>not want to show that they condone a pregnant valedictorian speaking to a
>crowd of parents and future graduates in a Christian school. This would
>throw the wrong message that we as Christians are no different than the
>world that we are trying to reach. Remember that Christ told Israel to set
>themselves apart from the surrounding countries, but what did they do?
They
>fell to the flesh. As I said in the beginning, I believe they handled this
>situation wrong. I believe they should allow her to graduate with her
>class. She did earn that! We can all learn from this, that God wants us
to
>cast down sin and bear his cross daily. I do feel for this young lady,
>because there is the possibility that she may stray from God's word because
>of the way that this was handled. As one of you said, that we as
Christians
>kick other Christians when they are down. How true this statement is! But
>we preach that we need to reach out to this dying world, because the end of
>time is drawing near, but as we see in this situation, we don't practice
>what we preach. So no wonder why people mock Christians, because they say
>that we don't live what we preach. This is hard to swallow, because they
>are so true. We must start living the way Christ has called us to live, a
>separated life. For we are to bring forth light so that all might receive
>the gift of eternal life and be saved.
>
>In His Service
>Steven Cullifer
>West Florida District
>Sectional Commander
>Outpost #28
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>From: John Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 2:54 PM
>Subject: Re: [RR] RE: school takes away valedictorian
>
>
>>Y'all,
>> Here is my two cents, I read the pro
>>on this and the cons. Did the school do it right? I belive they
shouldn't
>have. I agree with one that broung up, why didn't they do it long time
ago.
>I mean
>>I ain't a doctor, so I really don't know. However after so many mnths,
>like 3mnths I think. Don't you notice someone pregant. Also I agree
>someone said, if you have no sin, cast the first stone. The school did
>that.
>>John
>>--
>>
>>On Mon, 24 May 1999 22:30:23 AZOutpost wrote:
>>>I agree, if she made the grade but also made a mistake, she if backed by
>the
>>>school she would probably let the other know to avoid the mistake she and
>the
>>>young man made.
>>>
>>>And some other questions come up.
>>>What about the father?
>>>Has the school helped her avoid aborting the baby?
>>>Where are her parents in this time of need?
>>>
>>>Just a thought
>>>Kevin
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