An American says, "I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing Santa Claus Is Coming to Town. 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 is the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts. They are 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! This is a country founded on Christian principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches out number all others better than 200 to 1.
So what would you expect, somebody chanting Hare Crishna?
If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer. If I wnt 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.
"But what about the atheists?" This is another argument. What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We are not going to pass the collection plate.
Just humor us for 30 seconds.
If that is asking too much, bring a walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom, or 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 do not 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...etc.
Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.
God help us. 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 does not care what they want. It is time for the majority to rule! 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 ....you are no longer going to take our rights away.
We are fighting back, and we will win.
God bless us one and all, expecially those who denounce him. God bless America despite all her faults. She is still the greatest nation of all. God bless our service men who are fighting too protect our right to pray and worship God.
May this be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions.
Keep looking up.
Ren Rutledge
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