Quest for political correctness will be ruin of our society

The headlines this weekend are obvious -- Russia is bullying our passive leadership out of Syria, the Chinese continue their quest for territory in the South China sea and another mass college murder is rekindling the usual discussion on gun control.

But the headline you won't read involves a small college in Colorado and the murky damage that political correctness can reveal.

The story begins with a former college football player who donated $2,500 to the school for a new athletic facility.

Colorado School of Mines has a policy that donors to their programs are allowed -- and honored -- with a nameplate in the football locker room to recognize their donations.

Former football player Michael Lucas, who attended the taxpayer-funded college, wanted something other than the usual "Give 'Em Hell" nameplate so he submitted two Bible verses for his nameplate.

But the school refused to allow the nameplate saying that the words Lord, God or Jesus cannot be on any nameplate. But not just that, the Bible verses themselves are banned.

The radical, divisive and highly unacceptable verses were Colossians 3:23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters." and Micah 5:9 "Your hand will be lifted up in triumph over your enemies, and your foes will be destroyed."

I'm sure you can clearly see how these two disruptive verses from the Bible could potentially harm the student body and damage the sensibilities of these college students.

To his great credit, Lucas has filed suit against the college. But lawsuits and Christian protests will not address the sad and dismal drift toward political correctness.

I fully understand the rationale behind the separation of church and state. With America's background in England, the policy of church-state separation is understandable.

But today's culture has eroded to a point of absurdity. We look for goblins and ghosts when there are none. We view any mention of religious beliefs in a warped manner as if simply the mention of God will somehow offend someone and lead to the destruction of society.

I first ask what was in the minds of the college administrators to somehow believe this simple nameplate by a generous donor would harm the student body? And then I ask why in the world would they hold this belief?

If we continue on this path of abolishing all forms of religious expression, the gradual erosion of our social structure will continue unabated.

Granted, in the grand scheme of things, perhaps this minor flap over the wording of a small college nameplate will have minimal impact on society.

But in the larger picture, it simply illustrates how a culture and a society based on religious freedoms can so quickly decline.

And it will continue that decline unless voices are raised to match the chorus who seek to remove all religious aspects from our society.