We are a Christian Nation

Re: Robert Ledger’s Signs good place for Ten Commandments in the Springfield News Leader July 17th, 2005

On Sunday I did as I always do quickly flip to the opinions page and read what is in the minds of Springfield. Being a Christian, Ledger’s article grabbed my attention. It started off as a great piece on a man who is trying to make a difference in his community. However, it went South when Mr. Ledger began to editorialize the actions of this man. Sure it is his job to do that after all he is the editor of the opinion page, but I must take issue with his comments.

His comments belittle the beliefs of Kemper and many Christians buy saying our great nation never was a Christian nation. While I agree today we are a Secular Humanist nation, in years past we were a great Christian nation. Ledger’s defense is that the First Amendment which he said says, "government will leave religious belief to the individual conscience". That is not what it says at all. It really says the Congress shall make no law establishing a religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . Simple translation the government cannot create a national religion. James Madison the father of the Constitution wanted this as the First Amendment, "The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established". Patrick Henery said this about our founding as a nation,"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here." I could go on but I do not have enough space to provide all the quotes that have been made to support the fact we were a Christian Nation before the Courts started making laws.

Which brings us back to the original point, the Ten Commandments and the Courts. John Adams our second president wrote Thomas Jefferson and said this, "the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount contain my religion" and Adams was always staunch about never separating ones faith from the actions of Government. Jefferson declared religion is: "Deemed in other countries incompatible for good government and yet proved by our experiences as its best support" Bottom line we need the Ten Commandments in the schoolhouse, the courthouse, and in all our lives. As long as there is an ACLU there will be a fight, and as long as your children continue to go to the government indoctrination centers aka public schools we will never remember the Nation we once were.