Militant secularists were horrified, along with liberal loonies who look for any reason to knock the new administration.
God? Please. Who needs God? What’s He got to do with the well-being of America today?
Don’t the Trumps know that references to faith are seen as bad form in America these days?
That is, of course, unless we face a crisis like 9/11, after which members of Congress joined arms on the steps of the Capitol and earnestly sang, “God Bless America.”
That was different. We gave God a visitor’s pass that day. Even the ACLU remained mum, because at times like that it knows it has nothing else to offer.
Times change; we all know that.
But are they changing for the better?
This Presidents Day provides a handy barometer now that we’ve allowed ourselves to become a nation where public prayer is seen as inappropriate and where you can be reprimanded for wishing someone a “Merry Christmas!”
It wasn’t always this way.
The lion of all Oval Office liberals was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, our 32nd president, the only one to be elected four times. His incumbency began (1933) in the Great Depression and ended with his death (1945) in the waning months of World War II.
FDR’s way of fighting rampant poverty and unemployment was to establish government programs (Civilian Conservation Corps; Works Progress Administration) that provided municipal jobs and paychecks for down-and-out Americans.
That clearly would have gone over very big in liberal circles today.
But imagine what today’s reaction would have been to this inscription he provided for Bibles distributed by the Gideons to World War II troops: “As Commander-in-Chief, I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the armed forces of the United States. It is a fountain of strength … ”
Better yet, imagine if President Trump were to send a similar salutation to American GIs today.
Woodrow Wilson, our 28th president, sounded evangelical in declaring the Bible “is the only guide which leads the spirit in the way of peace. America was born to exemplify devotion to elements of righteousness derived from revelations of Holy Scripture.”
Today’s ACLU would have been apoplectic.
Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, confided in the midst of the Civil War, “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.”
Just before his assassination, Lincoln signed his final Act of Congress, placing “In God We Trust” upon our national coinage.
Today there’s a move afoot to remove that official motto because some find it offensive.
Times have changed indeed.
While America’s war with other Americans was raging, Lincoln was asked if he believed God was on the Union’s side.
“I’m not concerned about that,” he replied, “for I know the Lord is always on the right side. My constant anxiety and prayer is that I and the nation should be on His side.”
OK, you say, but who wants to hear Bible thumping this morning?
It’s not Bible thumping.
It’s American history, our history, and the question remains, “Are we’re better off today for having pretty much washed our hands of it?”
What do you think?
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As a nation, we will not see any of God’s blessing, until we reverse our stance on murder in the womb. His vengeance is coming, if not already being displayed; though most refuse to recognize it. I believe Trump was elected b/c God’s church humbled themselves, prayed and then went and voted. God is allowing those that would to bring back the rule of law and hopefully reverse those worshiping murder and/or the god of Baal. Until we reverse this abomination, the increase of His wrath will only increase. It’s amazing to see, even those who don’t believe, the disgust they have with God. Most “normal” folks that don’t believe wouldn’t be “offended”, they would just allow and move on, but then they haven’t read the Constitution and/or have any historical knowledge.
What a stark improvement between this beautiful woman who prays to God and the last FLOTUS who was never proud of her country until her radical husband was in the Oval Office.
Thank you, Melania!
Finally, a first lady I can be proud of!!!!!!!
Like her husband she has shown she has a backbone to stand up for what she knows this country needs!!!
God Bless them both!!!!
As a confirmed atheist, I am ABSOLUTELY in favor of Melania and her Lord’s prayer, other peoples belief in their god does not threaten me and my belief. Somehow we have lost touch with what the Judeo/Christian beliefs of so many on this site actually have meant to this country. Its founding principles, its strength in times of crisis, if I choose to embrace those principles and strengths but not the religious aspect, I still can respect those who do without being offended or made less by their faith and beliefs. If you divorce all references to a god from our society you are stripping away the principles and ideals that have made us successful. I do not have to believe in god to be an American, but I am not threatened, in fact I am strengthened, by those who do. As long as we all agree that the AMERICAN part is what we are hoping for, I say Go Melania.
God bless you. And I mean that from the mind and heart.
Oldschool7–it is a blessing to know and you are proof, that after 30 years of destructive, Clinton induced political correctness and progressiveism (especially the last 8 years) there still exists among good people the ability to reason, accept and honor the differences of our fellow countrymen. Before Hussein Bozo doubled down and capitalized on dividing the nation ala Saul Alinksy on most issues, we were able to think and conduct ourselves respectfully of others believes. We barely survived it but I hope this president and his lovely wife and family will return us to civility.
Like Oldschool i am an Agnostic, and i Certainly have no problem with Melina reciting the prayer….
There was an air of the miraculous about the Trump campaign and eventual election to POTUS. Leftists, Clintonistas and their media manipulators are enraged because everything was rigged to produce an easy win for Hilary. Millions of illegitimate voters, false polls showing Dems leading in key states, the ‘Never Trump’ traitorous opposition by GOP elite and RNC, a constant barrage of twisted, negative reporting were all to no effect, when virtually all America had given up hope of beating back another 8 years of Dem rule, indicates a massive interpretive error by pundits and media, or an intervention above and beyond us all. Americans should understand that something magnificent has happened, study what is at stake and swing in behind Trump’s new administration with honest support. Making America Great Again is not just one man’s job. It’s yours too. God Bless Melania and her influence on our millenials.
A quote from a book by Agnes Turnbull published in 1977….”We all know the glory that was once Rome. It was a golden city with its laws, its order, its rules of conduct and codes of honor. And then something began to happen slowly, almost imperceptibly, things began to happen. The old rules began to be broken, behavior became different, almost indecent, the moral codes were rejected and at last, in all classes of the family, which is the foundation of society, began to dissolve. And then Rome fell”
When the creator began to civilize a pagan people, a rule to live by in a civilized society was given the ancient Hebrews. The Ten Commandments were the laws to strive for. Our government has smothered all references to them. We are now again a pagan people exactly like ancient Rome. We have fallen!
Trump should have done like Reagan and started off with a national Week of Prayer.
a. We need it.
b. The libtards would go ballistic.
c. It would put him in stark contrast with Obama who only ever used God as a political prop.
d. It might finally show some Democrat voters that their leaders and the Media subversives hate God and have little to offer besides hatred and intolerance. (hint – time to switch parties)
The Left has built up this appearance of being the “tolerant” ones while the Right is all intolerance and hate. Their unavoidable reaction to a Week of Prayer would put the lie to their claim. There’d still be a lot of kool-aid drinkers who buy into it, but I think they’d lose the entire millennial generation. Millennials are already rightfully suspicious of the Left.
God Bless Melania! As previously posted, we now have a first lady who is actually a lady that we can be proud of.