July 1, 2018: Del Rio News-Herald * OPINION * Letter to the Editor * Insights on Independence Day
Letter
to the Editor,
Insights
on Independence Day
Independence
Day marks the date the United States became independent from the menace of
political tyranny.
We cherish the thought of being citizens
in a free nation under God, and we understand the sacrificial price our
military paid to ensure this freedom.
It
is the day we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence whose
profound words acknowledge the laws of nature and of God as being the
foundation for a just nation’s survival if that nation is to be truly
independent from the evils of oppression.
This document declared: “We hold these
truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Independence from tyranny definitely does not
include the right to kill innocent persons because of their age, health, or
condition of dependency.
In
a nation that kills its preborn babies and its elderly and advocates suicide
for the weak and vulnerable, the true definition of independence has been lost.
Such
actions, when sanctioned and practiced by that government, are a sure sign that
independence has been surrendered to the tyranny of evil. This comes about when
people decide that God and His laws are irrelevant.
By our own choices and behaviors, we have become that which we
once fought so hard to oppose and drive out.
We
have created our own tyranny, much more bloody and deadly, much more hateful
and cruel, than anything ever imagined.
It
is time for Americans to think long and hard about where this nation is
headed.
As
our nation celebrates another birthday, let us pray for the national will to
follow God and leave behind the tyranny of death and destruction that is
devouring our national soul.
It
is only then that Independence Day will regain its true meaning.
And
only then can we celebrate being one nation praising the Creator who endowed us
with unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Marian Casillas, Ed.D.
Del Rio