Us & God

Since there have been numerous cities that have defied federal law and declared themselves sanctuary cities where illegal aliens can come without fear of legal action against them. I propose that we have sanctuary cities for Christians. We could have cities where Christians would be free from persecution by the ACLU and the U.S. government. Christians would be free to pray in public, have manger scenes on government property, pass out Bibles or have a cross in your yard as big as they desired. Pastors would be free to preach on whatever they wanted to without fear of attack by the I.R.S. Schools could be free to have prayer before football games or before meals or whenever they wanted to. At Christmas time people would be free to say "Merry Christmas". Basically I guess you could say that these would be cities like America used to be.

Most have heard the quote " America is great because she is good", but most are not familiar with the whole quote which is: In the end, the state of the Union comes down to the character of the people. I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there. In the fertile fields and boundless prairies, and it was not there. In her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits, aflame with righteousness, did I understand the secret of her genius and power.  America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. The quote is generally attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville although some now dispute this. Whoever said it was exactly right. However, the key is the sentence before the famous quote.  " Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits, aflame