Wednesday,September 10, 2003

Where else is 'God' used?

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been told that he must remove the Ten Commandments from the courthouse rotunda. The Ten Commandments are carved in stone on the U.S. Supreme Court Building. Maybe that is why the justices refused to hear the case.

Our forefathers, who prayed to the God of these commandments, intended the government to stay out of church, not church to stay out of government. Maybe that is why the phrase, "separation of state and church," is not found in the U.S. Constitution. Maybe that is why the United States Constitution and every state constitution refer to God.

Maybe that is why still today, Congress begins with prayer led by a chaplain. Maybe that is why the president-elect places his right hand on the Holy Bible to take the oath of office which concludes with "so help me, God." Maybe that is why every inaugural address ever made by a president mentions God. Maybe that is why after the inaugural speech, a clergyman then leads the nation in prayer.

Maybe that is why Congress noted the words, "One nation under God," will help us to keep constantly in our minds and hearts the spiritual and moral principles, which alone give dignity to man, and upon which our way of life is founded.

Maybe that is why our American government was founded on the belief that the human person is important because he was created by God and endowed by Him with certain inalienable rights, which no civil authority may usurp.

Definitely, that is why we must remember that America's greatest blessings have come from God; America's greatest threat comes from God; and America's only hope will come from God. God bless America.

Sharon Crawley

Newnan, Ga.