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2009
Soap Box Archives Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready To Rumble? There's a battle on America's horizon, a battle for the heart and soul of our beloved nation. Now I know it sounds trite and jingoistic to say there's a battle for the heart and soul of America. It's not a new phrase and has been used many times to describe many different situations that have come to pass in our history. But the battle I'm describing may well be worthy of the description. Why? Because at the heart of America, above all other purposes is freedom, freedom to do and speak as we wish, to live where we want to, the right to bear arms, to have our votes counted fairly and to be protected from enemies, foreign and domestic. And regardless of how liberals try to twist it, the soul of America is based on Judeo-Christian values. There is a bill currently working it's way through the House of Representatives that purports to be about hate crimes but it is a thinly masked effort by politicians to take away another facet of our freedom and if passed by both houses could well inhibit any minister of the gospel from preaching the word of God as he or she interprets it. If a preacher preaches against homosexuality that preacher could face time in prison, because under this law it would be considered a hate crime. Actually this bill has little to do with hate crimes, whatever they are, and a lot to do with the suppression of free speech by Christians. The far left political wing of this nation hates Christians because the have the audacity to actually practice their beliefs rather than yield to expediency and go along with the crowd. Muslims are against homosexuality and abortion and probably condemn it openly in their mosques, but don't hold your breath until they're attacked for it. In actuality the left doesn't care what the Islamic world does, they just want to silence the Christians. I am not speaking for the Christian world, only myself, but let me tell you how I feel about. I think that for too long we have misinterpreted Jesus' statement to turn the other cheek. I don't believe he meant to let evil seep into every crevice of America because of it. I believe that the day of the passive Christian is over if we are to hang on to our faith. I believe that if Christians don't band together and stand up for what we believe in, the current administration and Congress will leech away our right to preach the gospel unimpeded. And then what will be the difference between the old Soviet Union and the United States of America? They're coming after your freedom, your money and your guns and they will try to indoctrinate your children into a Godless socialistic society where the state is supreme and the individual doesn't count. And what they can't get passed through Congress will be made into law by the federal judges Obama will appoint during his presidency. Well I for one will not go down without a fight. Are you ready to rumble? It's coming. What do you think? Pray for our troops God Bless America Charlie Daniels
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