Should a Mississippi Town Have to Remove a Christian Flag?

   The United States Code refers to the Declaration of Independence as the “organic law” of the United States.  And the Declaration clearly claims that there is an Almighty Creator God, that our rights come from Him, and that the purpose of civil government is to protect and defend the God-given rights of the people. The Declaration makes reference to the Bible, God’s Word, as the source of earthly, legal authority. 

   Civil government includes federal, state, and local city governments like the town of Rienzi, Mississippi, where recently, more than 1/3 of the town’s population showed up to a rally in defense of a Christian flag flying over their Veterans Memorial Park.

   It seems the Freedom from Religion organization wrote a letter that threatened a half-million-dollar lawsuit against the small town of 300 people if the flag wasn't taken down.

   Some folks, like organizer Kevin Nelms, responded like Americans, declaring, “We’re not gonna let other people, or a foundation, or anybody else up in Wisconsin tell us that we can’t fly our flag! You’re gonna take one down; we’re gonna put a hundred back up.”

   Unfortunately there were city government leaders showing a bit more bewilderment and naiveté.  Believing that he had no choice in the matter, Rienzi Mayor Walter Williams pulled ...