| There is little doubt that America is riding | | | | Lesbians while beating down manger scenes at |
| the wave. She is at the peak of her power and | | | | Christmas and Ten Commandment plaques in |
| at the top of her game. Trying to get her | | | | public buildings. It makes me wonder if even |
| attention would be a lot like trying to stop | | | | common heroism has fallen victim to |
| a train with a handkerchief. Every similarity | | | | perversion. Are these acts heroic, are they |
| to previous world powers notwithstanding our | | | | really protecting our freedoms?In |
| collective national behavior is so close to | | | | Pennsylvania a law was recently rammed |
| ancient Rome that all that is missing is the | | | | through the legislature that makes it illegal |
| togas. The land of the mighty Caesars made a | | | | for a minister of the gospel to quote |
| noise heard round the world for a season then | | | | passages of the Bible from the pulpit that |
| died alone in a protracted whimpering that | | | | cite homosexual behavior as a sin. That law |
| went largely unnoticed as the world entered | | | | has been challenged by people with a bit of |
| the modern era. What can we learn from this? | | | | common sense still left to them in that |
| Leaving this question unanswered might | | | | state.In Iraq and Afghanistan we are kept |
| normally imply that the answer is understood, | | | | from entering and searching mosques that are |
| however, it is apparent that for Americans | | | | known centers for Islamic jihad groups or |
| nothing at all is understood.The dangers are | | | | where weapons are stockpiled and cached. They |
| ignored, the warnings go unheeded, and the | | | | are considered cultural centers and thus are |
| party goes on. Contrasts of our lifestyle and | | | | placed off limits. Contrast this to the |
| that of other nations make us all the more | | | | latest effort to keep military chaplains from |
| pompous and less willing to question our own | | | | praying in the name of Jesus Christ with |
| indulgence. We have been all to willing to | | | | those who they are sheparding. Chaplains are |
| conclude that there must be something wrong | | | | guarding the spiritual welfare of our own |
| with those guys over there. The prophet, bard | | | | soldier citizens, is that any less important |
| and poet must now curb their urgency and put | | | | than the cultural traditions of foreigners?On |
| out a more entertaining message in keeping | | | | a recent ride through a rural district of |
| with the tone of the party spirit. We are | | | | Arkansas I noticed that there was a church |
| only one step away from jailing, hurting or | | | | building about every one and a half miles on |
| killing the messengers who provide us with a | | | | the road I was on. There were Pentecostal, |
| call to conscience. Or have we already taken | | | | Full Gospel, Baptist, Methodist, |
| our first few baby steps in that | | | | Presbyterian, Episcopal, Nazarene, Catholic |
| direction.Like a mangy little dog scampering | | | | and some unheard of varieties of churches |
| behind us and nipping at our heals comes the | | | | stretched out in profusion for well over two |
| ACLU standing up for the rights of Gays and | | | | hundred miles. |