I believe Ronald Reagan's "A Rendezvous With Destiny" is one of those speeches that can hold true for all ages.

In the speech, Reagan quotes Alexander Hamilton:
 
"A Nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a Master and deserves one".  

These words will always hold true through the ages, but Reagan goes on:

There is no argument over the choice between peace and war.    But there is only one guaranteed way you can have peace.  And you can have it in the next second, surrender.   Admittedly there is a risk in any course we follow other then this.    But every lesson of history tells us that the greater risk lies in appeasement.  And this is the specter our well meaning liberal friends refuse to face.    That their policy of accommodation is appeasement.  And it gives not choice between peace and war.  Only between fight or surrender.  If we continue to accommodate, continue to back and retreat,  eventually we have to face the final demand the ultimatum.  And what then?

I think these words by Reagan still ring loud and true.

Here listen for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxlsr3UUkY

 

I started reading (Other Views: City Commission’s decision constitutional common sense at http://www.in-forum.com/Opinion/articles/170076 ) and I felt compelled to write something.

I want it to be known that I call myself a Christian. I am not a perfect Christian. The biggest thing that I have learned is to forgive myself and forgive those who sin against me. Not always easy, but I try.

I guess I should try and forgive the author of 'other views' for writing some things that I will address below.  And I would like to provide 'another view'.  The author of the above link states the following: 

In recent years the debate about church-state separation has turned vitriolic, particularly among religious conservatives, a group which contends that the separation is not constitutional and quite against the intentions of Founding Fathers. Of course, this is a grossly erroneous assumption on the part of the religious right, a group which has consistently pushed other narrow-minded and unconstitutional ideas such as school prayer and the teaching of creationism in public schools.

According to the author, Gregory Camp, I am 'grossly erroneous'.

I am going to start with our 1ST Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion

Simple math here: Congress can not put a gun to our heads and tell us which church to attend. Now, does a prayer in school establish Religion? Does a manger scene on public view establish a religion? Does the Ten Commandments in a Court House establish a religion? My answer is 'no', an act of Congress is the only entity that could establish a religion and they have been forbidden from doing so.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

Congress can not pass a law that prohibits the free exercise of religion. Now, I would like to ask people like Camp the following: If you make it law that says a kid in school can not say a prayer, have you just limited the free exercise? If you tell someone to remove the manger scene or Ten Commandments, are you limiting the free exercise of religion?

I think people are limiting the free exercise of Religion. And this was not the intentions of our founding Fathers. They wanted to protect the freedom of religion. They did not want to limit it.

I must answer this:

Now we come to the issue of religious displays on public property, and the religious conservatives have again gotten themselves into a lather because they think they are being “persecuted” simply because they do not get their way.

It is not because I didn't 'get my way' regarding this issue. To me it is about freedom. I am an American. I pray to my God and we solve my problems. If Commies like Camp can remove God from public view, then the people will begin to forget about God. One day people will be praying to their Government to take care of them from the cradle to the grave. It is not about not getting my way. It is about keeping America free.