 Can public school students hand out Christian Valentines?
Can they talk about the love of God on Valentine’s day in a class discussion? What about wearing a T-shirt with a Christian message? Or mentioning God in an assignment? Or talk about the faith of Mr. Valentine at the Valentine’s party? Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes. All of those instances are covered by the Free Speech Clause. Students are allowed to talk about their faith in school. It’s their constitutional right. The hallmark of Christianity is love. What better day to express this love than on Valentine’s day. Sure, there’s nothing wrong with all the cute Valentine’s cards and messages but there’s also nothing wrong with adding Christian messages such as: Be Mine John 3:16 God is Love! 1 John 4:1 Jesus loves you! Romans 5:8 You are loved and cared for! 1 Peter 5:7 True Love Jeremiah 31:3 Sweet Talk Psalm 119:103 I have loved you with an everlasting love -- God Be Mine -- God Many parents and students get student rights confused with teacher rights. Only teachers’ rights are restricted and can violate the Establishment clause, which means that teachers are not allowed to try to officially establish religion in schools. However teachers can answer students questions about God or participate in a class discussion which was initiated by a student. Teachers can even pray among themselves and have bible studies with other Christian teachers inside schools. Students, and by extension parents, are not in a position of authority, and therefore can never violate the Establishment Clause. Therefore they can freely talk about God and their faith. Students have only one restriction: they cannot disturb the class. For example, a student can freely bring up God’s perspective during a class discussion or assignment. But a student cannot stand up and start preaching in the middle of math class. Whenever there’s an appropriate time in class to bring up their opinion, students can also share their faith. By the way, even though teachers are not allowed to officially establish religion in schools they are equally not allowed to establish non-religion such as atheism in schools. Often teachers think that acting and talking as if God does not exist is the politically correct way, however that stance also violates the establishment clause; in fact just as much as if they would have talked about God. It’s just that Christians don’t complain about that one as much as Atheists complain about any reference to God. Free Christian Valentines: http://busybooksandmore.net/printable-valentine-cards-with-bible-verses/ https://www.moneywisesteward.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Free-Printable-Christian-Valentines-PDF.pdf https://www.faithfilledfoodformoms.com/wp-content/uploads/PDF-Valentine-Scripture-Verses.pdf https://www.faithfilledfoodformoms.com/wp-content/uploads/Life-is-more-fun-with-friends-like-you.pdf https://www.fathersloveletter.com/kids-fll.html Video Clips: https://www.hyperpixelsmedia.com/sermon-illustration-videos/love-note-from-god http://bit.ly/Love-Comes-From-God Father’s Love Letter: https://www.fathersloveletter.com/hd-video.html Bible Verse Valentines:
Background on Valentine’s Day for older kids: Valentine’s Day is not only about flowers, chocolates, and Valentine’s. On Feb. 14th we celebrate the courageous stand of the saint Valentine. Valentine was a priest serving Rome under Emperor Claudius II. At that time, Rome was fighting numerous unpopular military campaigns. Because of that, the emperor had difficulty recruiting soldiers. Claudius thought that Roman soldiers were unwilling to join the army because they did not want to be separate from their wives and families. To overcome this obstacle, Claudius banned all marriages and engagements in Rome. Valentine knew that this law was against the Bible regarding the sanctity of marriage and of the family. Recognizing the injustice of the law, Valentine defied the emperor and continued to secretly perform marriages for young lovers. Valentinus was arrested by Claudius and placed into the custody of an aristocrat named Asterius who told Valentinus that he would become a believer if Valentine could pray for the healing of Asterius’s foster-daughter of blindness. Valentine put his hands over the girl’s eyes and prayed for her eyesight to be restored. A miracle took place and the child could see. As a result, Asterius and his whole family were baptized. Unfortunately, when Claudius heard the news, he ordered them all to be executed. The last words Valentinus wrote were found in a note to Asterius’ daughter – signing it, “from your Valentine.” So in the end, Valentine’s Day is a story of true love. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. (John 15:13, NLT) Comments are closed.
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