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Subject: Freedom again

> > >>> This speaks for itself.

> > >>>

> > >>> wrote:

> > >>> I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody

for

> > >>> singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December.

> > >>>   I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire a lawyer

> > >>> when

> > > my

> > >>>   high school teacher taught his theory of evolution.

> > >>>

> > >>>   Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered

> > >>> because

> > >>>   someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what's

> > >>> the

> > >>> big

> > >>>   deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book

of

> > >>> Acts.

> > >>>   They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to

> > >>> grant

> > >>>   safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from

the

> > >>> game.

> > >>>

> > >>>   "But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is

> > >>> the

> > >>>   United States of America, a country founded on Christian

> > >>> principles.

> > >>>   And we are in the Bible Belt. According to our very own phone

book,

> > >>>   Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So

> > >>> what

> > >>>   would you expect-somebody chanting Hare Krishna? If I went to a

> > > football

> > >>> game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer. If I went

> > >>> to a

> > >>> soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I

> > >>> went

> > >>> to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray

to

> > >>> Buddha.  And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit.

> > >>> When

> > > in

> > >>>   Rome...

> > >>>

> > >>>   "But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about

> > >>> them?

> > >>>   Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the

> > >>>   collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking

> > >>> too

> > >>>   much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom.

> > > Visit

> > >>> the

> > >>>   concession stand. Call your lawyer. Unfortunately, one or two will

> > > make

> > >>>   that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot

> > >>> do.

> > > I

> > >>>   don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake

the

> > >>> world's

> > >>>   foundations.

> > >>>

> > >>>   Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek

while

> > > our

> > >>>   courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents

> > >>> taught

> > >>> us

> > >>>   to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible

> > >>> tells

> > > us

> > >>>   just to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their

> > > lawyers

> > >>>   are telling us to cease praying. God, help us. And if that last

> > > sentence

> > >>>   offends you, well..........just sue me. The silent majority has

> > >>> been

> > >>> silent

> > >>>   too long.  It's time we let that one or two who scream loud enough

> > >>> to

> > > be

> > >>>   heard, that the vast majority don't care what they want.  It is

> > >>> time

> > > the

> > >>>   majority rules!  It's time we tell them, you don't have to pray.

> > >>> You

> > >>> don't have to say the pledge of allegiance, you don't have to

> > >>> believe in

> > >>> God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we

> > >>> will

> > >>> honor your right.. but by golly you are no longer going to take our

> > > rights

> > >>> away ... we are fighting back.. and we WILL WIN! After all, the God

> > >>> you

> > >>> have the right to denounce is on our side!

> > >>>

> > >>>   God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him...

> > >>>   God bless America, despite all her faults.. still the greatest

> > >>> nation

> > > of

> > >>>   all.....

> > >>>   God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to

> > > pray

> > >>> and

> > >>>   worship God...

> > >>>   May 2003 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God

> > >>> back

> > > as

> > >>>   the foundation of our families and institutions.

> > >>>   Keep looking up......

> > >>>   In God WE Trust

> > >>>

> > >>>

> > >>>   If you agree with this, please pass it on. If not, delete it!