The burly workers crept onto the lawn of the government building under cover of darkness. Guarded by more than two dozen state police, they removed a stone slab engraved with the Ten Commandments.
They moved as quickly and quietly as possible. They were empowered by a court order, but their actions countered the will of the God-fearing, God-loving population. The predominantly Christian populace saw this as further erosion of religious freedom, more evident of a government that had come to mock faith, family and all that Christians hold dear.
Is this Germany during Hitler’s rise? Is it the Soviet Union under Stalin? Are we in China under Mao?
No. It is 2015 and welcome to Oklahoma.
Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain
Where the wav-in wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain
Oklahoma ev’ry night my honey lamb and I
Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk
Makin lazy circles in the sky
Oscar Hammerstein
Oklahoma. Home of the land rush and Boomer Sooners. Oklahoma. Rugged ranch hands, brave homesteaders, stalwart farmers. This is a place of strong, faith-filled people.
Yet it also is a place where the courts decided that it violates our constitution to have the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capitol.
This betrayal of our founding values happened in the dark of night, but it didn’t happen overnight. It has been a creeping assault by evil, gradually transforming America from a nation under God to, well, a nation under the dark side.
It is time for our elected officials and people of faith from coast to coast to stand up and say, “We are a Christian nation.” While we still can.
