At a school board meeting in Prince William County, Jeffery Darr was begging the school board for something to be done to protect the students after his daughter was sexually assaulted. He was asking for justice.

Justice. Frequently displayed on the signs carried by protestors. A slogan of politicians. A headline in the news.

Justice was demanded in countless cites as the mobs burned and looted, threw bricks, and destroyed businesses, homes, and cars. In Seattle, the mayor compared it to a block party and “summer of love.” It was okay when they were destroying the city. It wasn’t okay when they marched on her home. Then, back at the “block party,” two teens were shot and killed.

Only then did the mayor act to restore law and order to the city, reclaiming the streets. The city has yet to return to “normal.”

They wanted justice. They said it was a “peaceful” protest. Why does violence tend to characterize “peaceful protests”?

Have we lost the idea and real meaning of justice? What happened to law and order?

The Virginian School Board Chair simply told the father, Jeffery Darr, “We won’t be answering you, but you can certainly keep asking.” Is that justice? Who is the primary stakeholder of the child education and future?

Across the country parents are standing up to the school boards. It is a national revolt. And they are being labeled as “domestic terrorists” for attempting to protect their own children! Many school boards have turned the schools into a socialist experiment. Do we not pay taxes with the expectation of an education which will prepare our children for the challenges awaiting them as they enter into society?

We cannot base justice upon popular opinion, statistics, or the results of some poll. We must have a standard from which we draw. We must have law. But that law cannot be based upon popular opinion or the political will of the party in control. Law, to be fair, if it is to be just, must be impartial. A standard which is applied to every person, regardless of race, religion, wealth, or public status. Originally we were told, justice is blind.

Over the last 100 years, much effort has been made to eliminate God from the public square. Is lying now okay? Have we decided stealing is an acceptable way of life? Have we decided it is okay to kill… sometimes? People tell me, “That may be true for you.” As if they can create their own truth and there will be no conflict between my truth and theirs.

It’s not my truth. It is the order and design of humanity. The ten commandments are a standard. The fact that God’s commandments are difficult to live up to does not make them irrelevant or outdated. You cannot break the law of gravity. It will break you. We have lost justice because we are trying to break the laws of God. And it is breaking us.

Steve McCoy

Lake Tapps