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" Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists. "
Roy Moore
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" The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and the manner of discharging those duties are outside the purview of government. "
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" But today, government is taking those rights from us, pretending that it gives us our rights. Indeed, those rights come from God, and it was recognized throughout our history as such. "
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