May 19, 2025
Supreme Court case reveals the decline of American morality in public school system
‘We are now reaping the whirlwind of the pestiferous quagmire of decline created by our own national indifference to biblical principles,’ says SES President Judge Phil Ginn
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Concerned citizens are anxiously watching for the results of the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor, where outraged parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, are suing the school district over the inappropriate curriculum in their children’s schools. In the face of excessive LGBTQ+ content, Christian parents planned to opt their children out of the inappropriate lessons but faced backlash from the school district, which argued that allowing opt-outs based on religious objections would create logistical chaos and undermine inclusive education.
“Do you ever look around at America and simply ask the question, ‘How in the world did we ever come to this?’ More specifically, who came up with the concept that it is a good idea to indoctrinate children as young as 3 years old regarding sex of any kind? Yet that is what the folks in Montgomery County, Maryland, are intent on doing,” said Southern Evangelical Seminary (SES, www.ses.edu) President Judge Phil Ginn in a recent op-ed. A notable former judge who previously held court in almost 50% of the county seats in North Carolina, Ginn has extensive knowledge of the justice system and how it impacts the common man.
“All over America, trans-terrorists, LGBTQ+, etc., demonstrators are clamoring to have their perverted preferred lifestyles crammed down the throats of the most innocent of our population, with or without their parents’ consent, and sometimes even without their knowledge,” said Ginn. “But now, a group of parents with steel backbones is fighting back. With the help of quality legal representation, they have gone through the maze of the federal court system all the way to the doorstep of the Supreme Court. The issue in question is not one of censorship, but rather one of allowing parents to keep their children away from forced, so-called educational materials that go against their religious beliefs.
“Apparently, it is just fine and dandy to accommodate other religious beliefs, such as allowing Muslims to excuse their children from a potentially offensive set of materials, but not Christians when it comes to subject matter that is not only contrary to biblical teachings but also simply not age-appropriate for younger children. By this means, a simple solution is circumvented because if these Christian parents are allowed to keep their children out of such a vexing compilation of unnatural garbage being passed off as educational material, then the designs of the left-leaning education radicals to indoctrinate another generation of our children could possibly be thwarted by common sense and the U.S. Constitution.”
Ginn continued, “Not surprisingly, the parents have not found favor at the trial level or at the appellate level in the federal court system because of judges who are of the same mold as the school system. Time will only tell what the ruling of SCOTUS might portend. But even that raises one more question of God-fearing folks to ponder: How did we come to the place where the morality of our nation is determined by nine justices on the Supreme Court?’ The answer to that query is that America has been about the business of erasing the God Line of morality for over four decades, and we are now reaping the whirlwind of the pestiferous quagmire of decline created by our own national indifference to biblical principles.
“While the outcome of this case may well redefine the balance in America between public education and religious liberty, SCOTUS does not have standing to change the moral laws of the Supreme Lawgiver. Unfortunately, we in America have forgotten this simple paradigm. However, make no mistake; it has not passed unnoticed by God. At Southern Evangelical Seminary, we stand on the unmerited grace of God. Yet, at the same time, we are keenly aware that God is righteous, and He will not forbear His judgment forever. Unfortunately, this lesson may come too late for our beloved nation.”
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Judge Phil Ginn was appointed president of SES in April 2021 after a distinguished career as both a lawyer and a judge. Over the course of his 22-year judicial career, he was privileged to hold court in almost 50% of the county seats in North Carolina. He holds a B.A. from Appalachian State University, a J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Doctor of Ministry from Southern Evangelical Seminary. Prior to his appointment as SES president, Judge Ginn served as SES Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Southern Evangelical Seminary (SES, www.ses.edu) was established in 1992 to cultivate a strong level of discipleship needed to address the problems in a post-Christian culture and to strengthen the church well into the 21st century.
The mission of SES is to train men and women, based on the inerrant and infallible written Word of God, for the evangelization of the world and the defense of the historic Christian faith. SES offers a range of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees (along with several for-credit certificates) that uniquely integrate theology, philosophy, and apologetics to build a complete and systematic Christian worldview.
SES’s newTruth That Matters (TTM) training center is bridging the gaps between the current needs of individual Christian believers, churches, and organizations and the best available resources in apologetics, evangelism, and discipleship. Led by Dr. Stephen Cutchins, Truth That Matters aims to profoundly impact the Kingdom of God as an extension of the rich legacy and exciting vision of SES. The TTM center offers resources, training and networking opportunities to churches, leaders, families and other non-profit organizations committed to standing “Steadfast in the Truth.” To learn more about TTM, go to Truth That Matters.
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