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Well, I hope you know by now that 2026 is the 250th anniversary of the founding of what I think

is the greatest nation in history, the United States of America.

And yet today, on this birthday year, in this birthday year, the number of Americans deeply concerned

about the direction of our nation just keeps growing.

The American experiment was founded on biblical principles.

And in fact, the creed, the sentence in our founding documents that most summarizes the creed of

America is in the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, endowed by their

creator, that's the God of the Bible, the only God there is, endowed by their creator

with certain unannual rights. Among these, the right to life, the founders even before

sonograms knew that without the right to life, the other rights are sort of beside the point,

the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's the American ideal. Our children aren't being taught it

because the country is deeply divided over what the meaning of America is. All of these things

have become a battleground. I think some of you will remember that quite a few years ago, Dr. James Dobson and I wrote a book

called Children at Risk, the Battle for the Hearts and Souls of America's Kids. And in that

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