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Donald McClarey reminds us of\u00a0how far America has come from our\u00a0Christian roots<\/a>.\u00a0 Note well, the proclamation was for our national sins.\u00a0 The old myth<\/a> that it took the Baby Boomers to realize sex was fun, war was bad, and America wasn\u2019t better than God is just that: a myth.\u00a0 In fact, I\u2019m not sure if there are other countries with as much national self awareness that have produced so many willing to continually critique and criticize their nation the way Americans do.\u00a0 But this proclamation reached into the very Christian notion of sin, the reality of sin, the consequences of sin, and the fact that mercy is always available, but our humble and contrite turning to God is not some option in the equation.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"