Obama, Lynch and uniformed airmen who would try to banish God's glorious name, call to mind the immortal words of Servant of God Catherine Doherty: "Don't let sin twist you. The minute you say Lord have mercy, the devil disappears."
Every minute of every day on Earth, someone somewhere sends up the piteous plea: "Lord have mercy!" It may be a mournful mother whose baby is lost following the pangs of hunger. It may be some poor soul watching the hordes of ISIS murdering their way through the most remote of villages. But no matter from which Hell on Earth these cries are sent Heaven's way, they are heard.
Far above politics, sky high away from politically correct dictates, some things are sacrosanct, and there is nothing more sacrosanct than the Name of God.
No Air Force, no president, no king, no United Nations or European Union can realistically ban the name of the Almighty from the lips of the world's billions.
Calling on God is the one God-given right to the masses that no mortal can ever take away.
The federal civil-right lawsuit being waged by First Liberty Institute lawyers on behalf of retired Senior Master Oscar Rodriguez, who was dragged off at a military flag-folding ceremony by several uniformed airmen Monday, is nothing compared to what is coming to the uniformed airmen, who stand to lose their very souls if they do not repent.
Ditto for haughty President Barack Obama, Loretta Lynch and any other mortal who sees fit to play with God's Name for any reason of their own.
It should go without saying that God's Name is not a political toy.
Obama, under whose regime the word "God" is being banished, is doing the devil's work when he tries to replace the word "Allah" with "God" in a schoolboy-like attempt to try to bury the evil of Islamic terrorism.
"On Monday, the FBI finally released what it said was a full transcript of Mateen's 50-second call with a 911 operator while he was perpetrating the deadly attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. After first releasing a redacted transcript that deleted references to the Islamic State, the FBI released the full transcript, which included an English translation changing the word "Allah" to "God." (Breitbart, June 20, 2016)
So it's okay to insert the word "God" where "Allah" had been intoned by an Islamic terrorist, but not for retired Senior Master Oscar Rodriguez to praise the Almighty at a flag-folding ceremony?
"For countless years, service members have given the "flag-folding speech" at military and civic events, including retirement ceremonies. Traditionally, this speech explains the colors, symbols, and history of the flag.
"The flag-folding speech also contains several religious references, including, "Let us pray that God will reflect with admiration the willingness of one nation in her attempts to rid the world of tyranny, oppression, and misery. It is this one nation under God that we call, with honor, the United States of America."
"The speech closes with, "God bless our flag. God bless our troops. God bless America."
"In 2005, the Pentagon changed the speech to remove all references to the divine, substituting additional historical facts such as Neil Armstrong's planting of an American flag on the moon in 1969. But many service members prefer the traditional speech and desire that version given at their own retirement celebrations.
"Rodriguez retired from the Air Force in 2013 after 33 years of service to his nation. He has a clear and distinctive voice and is frequently asked to deliver the flag-folding speech at retirement ceremonies.
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"On April 3, 2016, Master Sergeant Charles Roberson was retiring from active duty. Roberson had heard Rodriguez give his stirring rendition of the traditional flag-folding speechand asked Rodriguez if he would give that speech at Roberson's retirement celebration at Travis Air Force Base where Roberson served in the 749th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
"According to a demand letter sent by First Liberty Institute on Monday, when the squadron's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Sovitsky, learned that Rodriguez would give the traditional speech mentioning God, he expressed his opposition and allegedly tried to block it. As Roberson explained in a video interview seen for the first time on Breitbart News, Roberson asked Rodriguez to press forward.
"When the event went forward as planned, another videofirst obtained by Breitbart News--the one of the retirement ceremony itself--shows Rodriguez taking his position and beginning his flag-folding speech. Four uniformed airmen surround him, forcibly seize him, and roughly drag him out of the room, as he continues shouting out his speech over the heads of his assailants.
"The service members were not military police and had no lawful authority to arrest or detain any person, especially a private citizen like Rodriguez. Air Force personnel then expelled Rodriguez from the base entirely.
"Rodriguez then retained First Liberty Institute--the largest law firm in the United States exclusively dedicated to protecting religious liberty--as his legal counsel. First Liberty is representing Rodriguez entirely free of charge.
"It was one of the most humiliating experiences of my life," Rodriguez says. "To have the Air Force assault me and drag me out of a retirement ceremony simply because my speech included the word 'God' is something I never expected from our military."
Keep the Name of the Lord in the realm where it rightfully belongs, the realm of the sacrosanct.
And as for Obama, Lynch and uniformed airmen who would try to banish God's glorious name, call to mind the immortal words of Servant of God Catherine Doherty: "Don't let sin twist you. The minute you say Lord have mercy, the devil disappears."
Judi McLeod——Bio and Archives
-- Judi McLeod, Founder, Owner and Editor of Canada Free Press, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in the print and online media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared throughout the ‘Net, including on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.
Every minute of every day on Earth, someone somewhere sends up the piteous plea: "Lord have mercy!" It may be a mournful mother whose baby is lost following the pangs of hunger. It may be some poor soul watching the hordes of ISIS murdering their way through the most remote of villages. But no matter from which Hell on Earth these cries are sent Heaven's way, they are heard.
Far above politics, sky high away from politically correct dictates, some things are sacrosanct, and there is nothing more sacrosanct than the Name of God.
No Air Force, no president, no king, no United Nations or European Union can realistically ban the name of the Almighty from the lips of the world's billions.
