Right to Life

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How grand to view the display of fireworks celebrating freedom and independence. There is a lot more to the story and most people who live in the United States live in that very awareness.

There are those who consider being part of this Pax Americana as a calling to some kind of global superiority. There are those who consider themselves the messengers of morality not only for Populus Americanus but the rest of the world as well, the good news of the straight and narrow – narrow being the operative word here.

The shots of smiling couples watching the skyward show while the orchestra serenaded the viewing public with patriotically inspiring music almost, just almost kept the matters at hand an arm’s length away.

Court appointees, insurgencies, and denied rights were more than likely not on the minds of this Republic’s founders. It is to be hoped they were on the minds of some modern day citizens.

It is the right to life that should be foremost on all citizens’ minds this day of days for a nation is nothing if it does not encourage and nurture the same.

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