On September 14th, 1814 Francis Scott Key endured a terrifying event with incredible patriotism. The British were attacking Fort McHenry and even though many lives were lost, the American flag stood proudly in the midst of smoke from the cannon fire. As a witness to this event, Key was inspired with great passion to write the now famous and commonly sung “Star Spangled Banner”. The song served as an unstoppable force for patriotism and on March 3rd, 1931 was made the national anthem. Since then it has been sung in Baseball games, 4th of July events, and countless other occasions; all in which it inspires true unity among Americans. What you may not know, however, is that one of the lines of the Star Spangled Banner would be considered by many secularists to be a violation of the separation of Church and State. If they had been allowed to make the decision, the national anthem, a truly American song, would have been banned from any official events.

Line thirty (third stanza) of the famous song reads "And this be our motto: In God is our trust". Even though this stanza is not frequently sung at most events, if left up to many radical atheists, those words would have disqualified this patriotic song from ever becoming our national anthem. Secularists are denying American citizens important parts of history because they feel they are too offensive or “infringe upon” their particular sensitivities. According to them, suppressing the truth is a small price to pay for political correctness. What is even more appalling is the fact that this is happening right now.
In 1989, a single atheist brought a suit to remove a war memorial from Mount Soledad. What was the reason for the lawsuit? He claimed the war memorial offended him because its centerpiece was a large cross. Fortunately, this legal battle was a victory for American history. President George W Bush recently signed a law which protects the cross from removal. This radical secularism isn't isolated either. The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) threatened to sue Los Angeles County if they did not remove a cross from the county seal and won a judicial battle in the Mojave Desert to remove a cross which was part of a World War I memorial to commemorate our nation's soldiers who sacrificed their lives in combat. Other cases against God include the fight against the words "In God we trust" on American currency and "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. In both cases atheists have attempted to erase part of our nation's history because it was offensive to them.

The history of God in America doesn't stop with memorials, pledges, money, or songs either. President Abraham Lincoln mentioned God in both of his famous speeches, the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address, seven times. Lincoln even went so far to state that "The Judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." and implied that the Civil War was a punishment by God for slavery. This clearly demonstrates that Lincoln's strong religious convictions played a key role in his stance against slavery. Without God, one of our nation's most prominent leaders would not have had the courage to become the great emancipator.

God has played a fundamental role in America. He has inspired unprecedented leadership and has been a driving force in numerous historical decisions and writings. The truth of our great nation, however offensive, should be preserved; not substituted with something which is considered "more acceptable". It is the duty of America's people and leaders to protect our history.

what do you think?

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“Good leaders abhor wrongdoing of all kinds; sound leadership has a moral foundation.”

-Proverbs 16:12