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Op-ed:

A Misguided Re-Dedication

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

The article is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google  

 

...Again why so...because as I previously stated at the beginning of this article, religion has never left America...people themselves of their “own free will” have either left religion or embraced religion. Americans remain free to pray or not to pray as they so choose...free to believe or not to believe...the choice is theirs alone. Instead, the truth being ignored by the faithful in relation to the hateful political discourse birthed during these most dangerous of times, should not be driven by a supposed need “re-dedicate” or return to religion, but by the need to return to the law of our land as laid down in the U.S. Constitution. In my opinion it's the Constitution that has been corrupted by those who truly do not understand the nature of politics itself nor religion's role...or the much needed lack thereof...in said politics, that has caused much of the divide within not just today's Republican party, but within our nation as well. Read the entire article here.

Op-ed:

A Misguided Re-Dedication

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

The article is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google  

Let me start by saying that while I am a die-hard Republican, I am a Constitutional Republican not a Conservative Republican. And while I do agree with a number of key conservative issues I do disagree with others, because for me the Constitution not the Holy Bible is the law of our land, and must remain so. And with that belief comes the all important “separation of church and state,” the very thing our “Founders and Framers” ever so wisely wanted as seen in the wording of the First Amendment, the very amendment giving us “freedom of religion”...as in the right to practice our religion of choice...whatever said religion might be...while at the same time actually giving us the right not to have religious dogma of any kind being shoved down our throats...fair is fair after all.

Simply, I truly do believe that religion must stay out of politics, and in turn politics must stay out of religion...it cannot be any other way if we are to truly uphold the written words of the Constitution as being the true law of our land. Remember, nowhere in the Constitution do the words God, Jesus, Christianity, or any other religious musings appear, as our “Founders and Framers” chose instead to invoke the word “Creator” for a reason...as in to leave it up to each individual to decide what, if any, religious doctrine they wish to ascribe to, or if they choose not to believe in a “divine being” at all.

And with that said what we now call the “social issues” should not be shoved down our throats as well for the original Constitution makes no mention of “social issues” per se in regards to the adjudication of the written law. Our “Founders and Framers” were wise in understanding that what were the social issues of their time were likely to be time sensitive in nature, and therefore might not apply to future generations...again mostly in regards to the still ongoing discourse surrounding the “separation of church and state.”

But why do I bring up the hot button issue of religious rights at this point in time...simply because President Trump recently declared that in honor of America's 250th birthday a “national prayer event” will be held at the National Mall on May 17th to “re-dedicate America as one nation under God.” In other words, by his doing so our president would be openly allowing religion to reenter the political discourse which could, in the long run, cause more harm than good for it would draw the “haters” out en-mass. How so...first by their using Trump's own words against him...words that this very event was a way to “return religion back to the public arena”...as if religion ever left the public or the political arenas...which it obviously has not. And second, Trump's phraseology alone can and will be misconstrued by many in regards to which “God” he's referring to.

Here are but a few examples. Invoking the actual word “God” is not a problem for Christians and Jews as they do share and believe in the same “God,” but if Trump was to say the “Lord God Jesus” a problem could well arise not just within America's Jewish community, but also within his own family as well. Remember, Trump's daughter Ivanka is a practicing Orthodox Jew as are her husband, and their three children...hence their now being Trump's beloved grandchildren.

But if the name “Jesus” is not spoken by Trump in his “re-dedication” then the religious far right...for example the Evangelicals...who firmly believe that God is Jesus and Jesus is God...could deem his leaving out the name “Jesus” when speaking of “God” as being blasphemy of sorts. And what of those Americans of the Buddhist or Hindu faith, or those of Chinese ancestry who practice a combination of Buddhism and Taoism peppered with a Confucian worldview, which collectively comprises what is known as “Chinese folk religion.” Would their beliefs accept the simplicity of the word “God.”

And then there's those American's who follow islam...a political system wrapped in the guise of calling itself a religion. Would muslims start behaving badly (again) if their supposed god “allah” was left out of the “re-dedication” discourse...I think we well know the answer to that.

Also, there are two specific groups of people who are usually ignored when talking religion. Here I first speak of the growing number of atheists who are good law-abiding American citizens and patriots who just happen not to believe in “God” or a “divine being"... they surely would not be very happy seeing our nation being “re-dedicating” to something or someone they simply do not and will not believe in.

And lastly, there are those like me, who while honoring and respecting our ancestral religious heritages and beliefs, are grounded instead in tangible here and now science fact, and not in the ancient texts bogged down in conflicting dogma and tenets...as in those like me who are believers in evolution not in creationism...those like me who know well that the Earth is not flat, and that this beautiful planet we all call home is indeed 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years old.

 

And yet many of those, again like me, who still believe in the concept of “God the Father”...someone or something had to start the “Big Bang” after all...see that belief as being our having a personal relationship with “God,” if you will, minus the fear, indoctrination, and collectivism that is the hallmark of organized religion...for we know that history itself has shown that “in the name of religion” more hatred, division, animosity, suffering, wars, and deaths have occurred than most are willing to admit to.

No, “re-dedicating our country to God” will indeed reignite tenfold both the Constitutional and public debate over the role of faith in both our political and public life. For example, when hearing about Trump's upcoming May “re-dedication” event, posted online was this comment from someone who posts under the name of 'MAGA voice,' “President Trump stuns America by announcing America will re-dedicate itself to God on May 17th 2026. ‘We're going to re-dedicate America as one nation under God.’ CHRIST IS KING.” And the problem with this post and others like it is that the country our Forefathers founded did not allow for kings of any kind...religious or otherwise...period.

Simply, in my opinion there is absolutely nothing wrong with Trump's calling for a “National Day of Prayer” to thank “God” for all America's blessings bestowed upon her but, for me, the problem lies solely with the word “re-dedicating.” Why so...because these United States needs no “re-dedicating” to anyone...divine or otherwise...not now, not ever. We are who we are...the greatest and freest nation the world has ever known...nor do we have to as President Trump also stated, “bring religion back to America.”

Again why so...because as I previously stated at the beginning of this article, religion has never left America...people themselves of their “own free will” have either left religion or embraced religion. Americans remain free to pray or not to pray as they so choose...free to believe or not to believe...the choice is theirs alone. Instead, the truth being ignored by the faithful in relation to the hateful political discourse birthed during these most dangerous of times, should not be driven by a supposed need “re-dedicate” or return to religion, but by the need to return to the law of our land as laid down in the U.S. Constitution. In my opinion it's the Constitution that has been corrupted by those who truly do not understand the nature of politics itself nor religion's role...or the much needed lack thereof...in said politics, that has caused much of the divide within not just today's Republican party, but within our nation as well.

And lastly, I believe America should “rededicate” itself not to “God,” but to the the Constitution*...“re-dedicate” ourselves to honoring both the Constitution's words and the patriots whose blood was willingly shed in the name of freedom...and leave the “re-dedicating” of prayers, religious beliefs, and one's soul to the clergy and to “God." 

 

And as a Constitutional Republican I think the great Daniel Webster said it best when he stated, “Hold onto the Constitution of the United States of America and the republic for which it stands. What has happened once in six thousand years may never happen again. Hold on to your Constitution, for if the American Constitution shall fall there will be anarchy throughout the world."

So hate me, call me a heathen, an agnostic, or even a deist if you wish, but these musings are my opinion, and I proudly stand by my every word stated, as well as I stand by the fact that never...I repeat never...was an official dedication to “God” a foundational principal** of these United States. Case closed.

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FOOTNOTES

 

* The “U.S. Constitution” contains approximately 7,500 words, including, to date, 27 amendments. However, our nation's “law of the land” nowhere includes the words "God," "Jesus,” "Christianity," "kings,” "Bible," or "commandments,” nor does it speak of dedicating our new nation to “God.”

 

** The “Federalist Papers”...a group of 85 essays penned by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay...sees not one of its essays focusing on religion or “God” as some still claim. The essays focus was a response to the failures of the governmental aspects of the “Articles of Confederation.” Focusing on the need for a centralized government to manage trade, provide security, and create a stable currency, these essays...as with the “Constitution”...saw no dedication of our nation to “God” let alone such a dedication being a “foundational principal.”

Copyright © 2026 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

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For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, Save "SAVE”.

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RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...LIVE!                                                  Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24th from 7 to 8:30pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss 'A Misguided Re-Dedication'; 'Save "SAVE"'; and important news of the day. Tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE.'

 

Op-ed: 

Negating American Culture

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio 

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google. 

 

...And at times in our nation's past assorted what became known as “cultural identities” were kept somewhat in both perspective and in-check when weighing the commonalities which helped to unite our multitudes together against that which separated and divided folks of different backgrounds into what has now morphed into compartmentalized sub-categories. And it's those sub-categories that have not only become prevalent in today's America... what with the words “cultural identity” taking over the public discourse...leaving what really defines one as being an “American” to be used instead to help not only divide the very “fabric” that encompasses the entirety of what is the collective sum of “We the People,” but to shame, mock, and accuse our country of being a “racist nation” if we don't buy into the liberal rhetoric known as DEI...“diversity, equity,” and “inclusion.” 

 

Our beloved America has also...in the name of liberal generated “political correctness”...been stripped of what unites “We the People” together simply because the “natural order of things” has been willfully corrupted and compromised solely for one party's political gain. And this, in turn, leaves those of us who still proudly call ourselves “Americans”...as in we who refuse to buy into the sub-group category known as“identity politics”...those of us who will not use hyphens, skin color, sexuality, or religious affiliation to define who we are as “Americans”...are being forced to...Read entire article here.

Op-ed: 

Negating American Culture

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio 

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google. 

 

The words “Cultural identity” are usually dictionary defined as being, “the shared characteristics of a group of people which encompasses their place of birth, religion, language, social behaviors, literature, art, and music.” In other words, it's the commonality of that which unites together those who share not only an ancestral origin but who adhere to a given ideology...political or otherwise...coupled with a specific set of values, beliefs, societal norms, and narratives.

And at times in our nation's past assorted what became known as “cultural identities” were kept somewhat in both perspective and in-check when weighing the commonalities which helped to unite our multitudes together against that which separated and divided folks of different backgrounds into what has now morphed into compartmentalized sub-categories. And it's those sub-categories that have not only become prevalent in today's America... what with the words “cultural identity” taking over the public discourse...leaving what really defines one as being an “American” to be used instead to help not only divide the very “fabric” that encompasses the entirety of what is the collective sum of “We the People,” but to shame, mock, and accuse our country of being a “racist nation” if we don't buy into the liberal rhetoric known as DEI...“diversity, equity,” and “inclusion.”

Our beloved America has also...in the name of liberal generated “political correctness”...been stripped of what unites “We the People” together simply because the “natural order of things” has been willfully corrupted and compromised solely for one party's political gain. And this, in turn, leaves those of us who still proudly call ourselves “Americans”...as in we who refuse to buy into the sub-group category known as“identity politics”...those of us who will not use hyphens, skin color, sexuality, or religious affiliation to define who we are as “Americans”...are being forced to embrace and accept into our American “cultural identity” any and everything the left chooses to label as being part of America's new “cultural norm.” And this is no matter where or why said label came to be...whether it be courtesy of dictated political discourse or simply via mainstream media rhetoric being repeated so many times that mass indoctrination itself took hold of the public discourse.

Sadly, in our country today...again thanks to the far left... what is called “identity politics” has not only changed the fundamentals of “American culture,” but it has now so overwhelmed the public discourse that we find even basic level “Americanism” being shunned only to be replaced by an entity of subgroups known as “Black culture, White culture, Hispanic culture, Oriental culture, Indigenous People's culture, Christian culture, Jewish culture, Muslim culture, Gay culture, Transgender culture, Woke culture,” the list goes on ad-nauseum. In other words, what was true “American culture” has broken down to such a degree that any and all that deem themselves to be a culture unto itself is now being forcibly shoved down our throats as must be accepted components of the fabric of our nation

Simply, what the leftists forget is that, at times, the sum of the whole of “American culture” is not always derived by its individual nor unique components, for such components do tend to be be added or removed when the political parties in control of power switch hands. However, what does make we “Americans” and our “culture” unique is not about the names we call ourselves nor is about TV shows watched, games played, books read, foods eaten, individual religious beliefs held or not held, or which poliical party one belongs to, but it is about that which collectively binds us together as “We the People” while encompassing our individual similarities yet understanding our multitude of individual differences.

“American culture” is also not about where one was born nor must it ever be about the color of ones skin for once we are able to look past “skin color” other more important issues might naturally start falling into place. But what “American culture” is about is the joining together of our individual differences and melding them together into an amalgam that represents the sum total of one united people...a people who believe in and cherish the rule of law and the freedoms our Constitution affords us while at the same time striving for that which is the hallmark of “American exceptionalism.” Remember, “America culture”...true “American culture”...has in it no place for hate, bigotry, or divisiveness for the culture that comprises our nation's reality must remain one of “unity” because without “unity” we as a nation will ultimately fail only to be replaced by something unrecognizable to us...something which we might never be able to return from.

But, and sad as it might be, maybe America's failing is and has always been the ultimate goal of some...some who have no pride in nor love for this country coupled with their having no respect for her Constitutional rule of law. Instead, these are folks who relish in using an arsenal comprised of divisiveness, hate, violence, and fearmongering as the weapons by which to use against that what is our great “republic.” The “enemies within” now come to life...enemies usually funded in their quest by “enemies from without”...enemies who have much to gain by first culturally weaponizing certain groups of people against what is the sum of “American culture,” and then moving on from there to negating America herself.

And here I start with whom I consider to be the antithesis of what is not only tried and true “American culture” but “American exceptionalism” as well. Simply, “ground zero” from which began the corruption of said “American culture,” as well as the man who initiated and then implemented the far left turn into the cultural and moral ludicrousness that has overtaken our nation. And he did so, first by his directly stirring the pot of racial discontentment while adding into it what were decidedly adversarial social and moral narratives, and then by his hoping to at least get close to finishing the job he started courtesy of the shell of a man that is Joe Biden. But now this same man has tasked his newest puppet Kamala Harris with finishing the job Biden failed to do...while keeping his fingers crossed.

And of course I speak of Barack HUSSEIN Obama...the man who in the shadows has really been in control of the White House these past four long years...our nation's so-called first black president (he's “mixed race” actually as his mother and both maternal grandparents+ were white)...a man who took a nation almost healed from past self-inflicted racial wounds, and opened up said wounds allowing them to fester and grow solely to push forward his dream of what America and “American culture” should be. The man whose vision of “Transforming America” into a socialism driven “brown” nation sees his no longer needing to be metaphorically veiled “fourth term in office” closer to reaching its final fruition no matter that the cost to our nation, our culture, our identity, and our individual freedoms would be Constitutionally damning.

And so now as the annals of “American cultural history” continues to be written...history that must be based upon fact not upon how one man wants or doesn't want it to be written...misrepresentations still abound as to what really is meant by “American culture.”

So here I present the words of John F. Kennedy (JFK), America's 35th president...a Democrat who if alive today would be a Republican not so unlike in nature of that of our 45th and hopefully 47th President Donald J. Trump... for not only are both men's policies quite similar in nature, but so too is their wanting what's best for America and for the American people. Kennedy's famous words, “Ask not what your country can do for you...ask what you can do for your country,” puts our country not individual partisan politics first as do Trump's important words, “I want to be be president of all of America not just half of America.”

Simply, our identity as to who we should be as a nation...as a country...as in putting “country first” in the hopes of uniting “We the People” together as one in “liberty and freedom” should be paramount above all else, while at the same time striving to restore “common sense” and “civility” to the political discourse. Together these are what truly defines “American culture” or at least they should be. Case closed. 

 

Copyright © 2024 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

 

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For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, Make America Weird Again.

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Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 13th from 7-8:30pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss 'Negating American Culture'; 'Make America Weird Again'; and important news of the day. Hope you can tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE' starting at 6:50pm EST, show begins at 7pm EST.