President Barack Obama says the U.S. has only succeeded because generations of Americans have fought to expand rights and opportunity to more people.
Obama is reflecting on the meaning of the Fourth of July in his weekly radio and Internet address. He says there’s no nation on earth that wouldn’t trade places with the United States.
Obama says the Founding Fathers were united by a belief that all are created equal and have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He says America’s success has been made possible because Americans never took those truths for granted.
In the Republican address, Arkansas Rep. Steve Womack says Washington has been denying Americans the chance to seize their economic destiny. He says Republicans are working to restore opportunity.
(AP)
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The founding fathers would not want to trade places with today’s America.
Then why does he want to deprive religious minorities (and while they hate to admit, Christians are now a minority) of religious freedom? For Democrats, equality means equally persecuting all religions.
Why is Akuperma defending a court decision that will allow Christians to discriminate against Jews? Whose side is he on?