It seems the United States was tagged as “The Great Satan” by the Iranians back in 1979. It was used by Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini in accusations of imperialism and sponsoring corruption throughout the world, according to Wikipedia. Satan is defined as the chief evil spirit, the great adversary of humanity, and the devil by dictionary.com. With the direction taken over the past six years, it is getting more difficult to defend our country against the allegation.

After all, wasn’t it President Barack Obama who said, “whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation — at least, not just.” In his defense, he did go on to name several other religions practiced here. Statistics do not support the accusation of not being Christian or at least an overwhelming majority as Christians or those who profess Christianity. Ronald Reagan our 40th President (1911-2004) once said, “If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.” I firmly believe this to be true.

This administration has done everything within its power, and some would say exceeded its Constitutional authority, to change America. Political correctness runs amuck and our military has been used for cultural experimentation and change. Daniel Webster, senator and statesman, (1782-1852) had this to say about our Constitution, the bedrock of our Republic, “I regard [the Constitution] as the work of the purest patriots and wisest statesmen that ever existed, aided by the smiles of a [gracious] Providence … it almost appears a Divine interposition in our behalf.” Amen to that and it needs no modern day manipulations by lesser men.

An example of the type of change being forced on our military is Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James recently saying she supports lifting the ban on transgender serving in the military. Of course, several of the Democrat representatives from California also support reviewing the ban. Our only salvation on this may be the Republican control of House and Senate. However, we still have the man in the White House with a pen and phone.

The Pew Research Center just released a report on the religious affiliations of members of the new 114th Congress representing us in Washington this year. It is interesting since some no longer considered the United States a Christian nation. They found 92 percent of both houses will be Christian. Broken down, 57 percent are Protestant and 31 percent Catholic.

The other 4 percent is made up of Mormon and Orthodox Christian. Therefore, a larger percentage of Christians serve in Congress than make the same claim as citizens. The country as a whole only claims 73 percent of adults as Christians. With 73 percent claiming Christianity, only leaves 27 percent of the population broken down between all the other religious or atheist affiliations. With these kinds of numbers representing Christians, it makes you wonder why our government seems so opposite.

It is not inconceivable that a strong Christian vote could effect an election. However, as we all know, all who profess do not vote. And, even if they do, it may not be for the right candidate. Then we have the problem of politicians saying one thing and doing another.