WWJD?
I just got your magazine and must tell you I agree 100%. I especially like the picture of Al Gore with WWJD. That says it all. I have made the comment if Jesus came back to the USA, he would be crucified by the religious leaders. He did not take a special stand against the “Gay Society” or the abortionist. He said that “He that hateth his brother is a murderer” (1 John 3:15 ). He did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Then the word in Romans 3 says, “There is none righteous NO, NOT ONE.” That pretty well says it all. This election really exposed the religion in all of us. When Bill Clinton said, “I have sinned” that is all God requires of any of us. What a wonderful God we have!
SARAH FROWNFELTER
The Cost of Freedom
I read, with great interest “The Cost of Freedom” in the July/August 2000 edition of Liberty. I am in complete agreement with the theme of the article, however, in the interest of historical accuracy, I would like to point out a minor difference between what Herb Douglass penned and my understanding of the events associated with Point-du-Hoc. My source is a Frenchman named Jean-Pierre Dimaganat ( I am not certain of the spelling). He is a resident of Bayeux and was eleven years old around the time of D-Day.
My wife and I had the privilege of spending a day with him touring the beaches and St. Lo and had the pleasure of dining at his home some years ago. My recollection of his description of Pont-du-Hoc is that the American Rangers, who were trained in scaling heights by the British fire-fighters, suffered great losses, as you so rightly point out, while scaling the heights of Point-du-Hoc. According to Monsieur Dimaganat the Germans had moved their big guns away from the heights days before the landing. Thus the Rangers paid a high price for an objective that had disappeared.
ROBERT L. DREYFUS
Greenville, South Carolina
Prayer Documentary Honored
I am very happy and excited to let you know that the documentary, School Prayer: A Community at War, which I directed, shot, and co-produced with my colleague Ben Crane, has won the Emmy Award for Best Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story Among Programs. This film is about a woman in Mississippi who takes on the local school board to stop open preaching in the town’s schools.
First of all it was such an honor to hear that this ITVS/POV film was nominated for such a highly recognized television award. But actually winning the Emmy in the prime time News and Documentary programming was much more than what I expected. I guess we did something right.
If I would have prepared an acceptance speech, this is what I would have said: “Twenty years ago I operated my stand at the foot of this very hotel on Times Square, pushing a cart as a peanut vendor. Today this Emmy Award was announced and presented to me and my partner, Senator Paul Simon of Illinois—the same person who 15 years earlier wrote a letter to the leaders of then-Communist Poland requesting the release of my family, who had not been allowed to leave the country for four years.
Do you think I should start believing in Providence?
SLAWOMIR BRUNBERG
Spencer, New York
Note: Liberty will be running an article on this award-winning film and its coverage of the school prayer issue. Editor
Pro ACLU?
Barry Lynn’s opposition to vouchers or tax credits for private schools is a conclusion with which I agree; though not for all of his stated reasons. But then, he slips and once again confirms what I find to be the almost universal viewpoint of your writers. He states that the ACLU sent a questionnaire to religious schools accepting voucher funds. The school superintendent of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee replied that the ACLU did not have standing or a basis to seek the information asked for. Whereupon Mr. Lynn describes the ACLU (“those doing the asking”), as the general tax-paying public. He says the superintendent implies “We’ll take your money, but not your questions about how it’s spent.” (Emphasis mine.)
There are many Americans who have reached the conviction that the ACLU has done immeasurable damage to our culture and, yes, to our religious liberties. No matter how enamored you may be of this group, its policies and its practices, it is a far stretch to equate the ACLU with the American public.
Your magazine is provocative, to say the least. I sometimes may even agree with your conclusions, if not your reasoning. But why is it that the old maxim, “The good is often the worst enemy of the best,” keeps coming to mind?
GUY R. STRAYHORN
Fort Myers, Florida
While we may appear to sometimes support positions espoused by the ACLU, we in no way intent to endorse it as an entity or every aspect of its work. Editor
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