The emperor has no clothes on. He's buck naked. That child had to speak the truth, no matter how it would make the king feel. And we have to do that today. We have to be very conscientious objectors to the madness that is gender ideology.

And most people default into this idea of feminism is this idea that men are contemptible,

which is of course the idea behind the smashing the patriarchy and women need to be just like them and have the same equality.

The Crusades were a very belated response to many centuries of Muslim conquests,

in which two-thirds of the old Christian world had already fallen to Muslim conquest.

And our faith is strong not because of the fervor of its affection, but because of the object to which it clings, Christ.

And there is no stronger faith than a really timid grasping to the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

Families sailing on their family vacation on lakes in Minnesota love issues etc.

We love issues etc.

I am old enough to remember the bicentennial when it was just 200 years.

And I remember 1776, but 1976.

And I remember lots of red, white, and blue.

Everyone was flying the flag.

Things have changed a lot in 50 years.

We have come upon the semi-Quincennial,

a fancy way of saying 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

And I think it's fair to say that as a nation, we are not celebrating as much.

I wonder why that is, and maybe we've just forgotten what to celebrate.

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