America, at her best, is a place where people can escape what they once were and pursue the chance to be something they are not yet. Most of the flag-wavers who argue about whether America was or is a Christian nation or not fail to see the trend of right-wing Republican Christians trying their hardest not to allow people to pursue what they can be, but trying to FORCE people (and this nation) to be what they believe it should be.

    Granted, I believe that the nation whose God is the Lord (YHWH, the I AM) will be blessed, and America has been. But America's future is no different than the future of any other nation on earth: We will all stand accountable for the gift of life God has given us. Those of us who try to legislate righteousness are going to find out that "the wrath of man worketh NOT the righteousness of God."

    I am a dyed-in-the-wool Christian, but believe me when I say that if adherents of other faiths treated me the way some of my Christian brothers treat people from their puplits, this would be a scary and miserable life indeed.

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