Change is inevitable it seems in a world like ours
It has been resisted by torture and burning at the stake
Weaponizing religion to protect what can never stay the same
Yet change has come/is coming not always for the better
But our job is not protecting our children from reality of external changes
It is rather teaching them to decern for themselves right and wrong
Teaching them the importance of human life however it confronts us
Respecting differences without the need to impose our values on everyone
These days words seem to be most threatening to those who fear change
Books of choice removed from libraries across Texas, Florida, and other states
Weaponizing religion justifies their Klan-like intimidation of those who speak
Resistance met with firing from jobs, death threats, and political power plays
The threat of dark money and power fuels the religious furry to ban books
Our biggest threat to our children is not teaching them to think for themselves
Micromanaging the desire to know and discover only leaves us with a society
Divided and ignorant, as we continue forgetting who we are as humans while
continuing our atrocities of being right in the name of God and our Children.
Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Posting for Open Link night at d’Verse Poets Pub. I watched a most interesting and disturbing documentary on PBS about what is going on in Texas and Florida and some other states. The religious and moral right has organized and are taking over the powers that be through local elections. Then they are demanding that books they deem morally, historically, or spiritually unacceptable be withdrawn from school libararies. They are funded by dark money and use Klan like tactic to intimidate any librarians who refuse to co-operate. They intimidate, give death threats and dismiss them from their positions. It is a very scary situation to see in action. What has come of the right to live and think and even disagree without fear of harm!
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