Reagan, God and govermnemt
Drudge posted this link today: Remarks at an Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast in Dallas, Texas It is from a Reagan Speech at a prayer Breakfast in 1984
I think Reagan had this issue pretty much dead on. It is amazing to see how intolorance of faith is growing each day in this country.
A couple of choice quotes:
"Religion played not only a strong role in our national life; it played a positive role. The abolitionist movement was at heart a moral and religious movement; so was the modern civil rights struggle. And throughout this time, the state was tolerant of religious belief, expression, and practice. Society, too, was tolerant."
"Without God, there is no virtue, because there's no prompting of the conscience. Without God, we're mired in the material, that flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive. Without God, there is a coarsening of the society. And without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
I think that the courts have definately forgot where they sit in the heirarchy. If we continue to allow the courts to legislate from the bench, it is only a matter of time before this self-rightousness becomes acceptable and normal.
