An editorial from the Wall Street Journal tells of Roy Moore's bid for the Republican nomination in the Alabama governor race. Moore was removed from his position as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court when he refused to remove a monument of the ten commandments at the state courthouse.

I thought this statement by Moore cited in the article was especially interesting in relating to our nation's heritage:

Can more than one deity, I ask, be held in official esteem in America? Not if religious tolerance is to be maintained, Mr. Moore argues: "The Judeo-Christian God is the one that gives religious liberty. The Muslim God, Allah, does not give religious liberty. If you want to prove that, go to Saudi Arabia and lift up your Bible on a street corner, and you'll find out what the Muslim God--they say--dictates.

"They dictate a form of worship through the government, and that's what their God mandates--they say. Our God does not mandate that at all. . . . Our God says that that freedom is between you and me, not you and government. That's the big difference. . . . And that's exactly why Muslims and Buddhists and others are free to worship [here] the way they want, not dictated by government."

Here's the link: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008436