"Given the egalitarian goals [i.e. of government schools], Christians should, of course, just walk away. But they, still thinking of the schools as somehow still theirs, call for a return of prayer to the schools, and the teaching of creation alongside evolution. But Proverbs tells us that a beautiful woman without discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout. Why prayer in an officially agnostic institution? Why the teaching of creation in an officially pluralistic institution? Why do we think it is a victory when the pagans admit our Lord -- as an option just for some -- to their pantheon of gods many and lords many? Why on earth do Christian parents spend their energy trying to teach this addled whore how to put on her make-up better? Perhaps it is because she is getting so ugly that fornication with her is now a trial, and sleeping with her is becoming wearisome. But, of course, a longing for a return to the early stages of the sin is hardly repentance. "Lord," we earnestly pray, "this harlot was once good-looking. If it be Thy will, would you make her so again?"
- Douglas Wilson, excerpt from Repairing the Ruins, chapter "Egalitarianism: The Great Enemy"
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