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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Lightning struck the Statue of Liberty Wednesday night, but she withstood the storm and still

stands tall this morning.

I remember vividly my first visit to America's shining symbol of freedom.

I thought of the millions of men, women, and children for whom she was their first impression

of our nation. They came to America because of a

promise based on the Judeo-Christian worldview that values every life as created in God's image.

The Declaration of Independence claimed it to be self-evident that all men are created equal.

But Thomas Jefferson could write these words only because

he lived in a culture infused with the biblical commitment to the sanctity and equality of life.

As John Adams stated, our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.

Sadly, such values are no longer self-evident today. It's as though the liberty

proclaimed by our founders has become the liberty to reject and cancel the values upon which it

is based. Where is this leading us? Candice Cameron Burey is known for her work on Full House, Fuller House, and 24 Hallmark movies, and counting.

A committed Christian, she said recently, The Bible to me is truth.

I live by faith in everything, in everything that I do, and every aspect of my life.

Unfortunately, the Hallmark Channel does not share her biblical commitments.

Last December, the channel removed an ad featuring two brides kissing, but gay rights advocates

staged a cancel culture campaign with the hashtag Boycott Hallmark Channel, and the company

reversed its position.

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