W e live in a time when Judeo-Christian values, beliefs from the Old and New Testament, are sorely tested. We should be fortified by the past, which awaits rediscovery, especially at Christmas. Our Founding Fathers
were circumspect and wise, yet also faithful and kind. Our beacon is theirs — if we will hold tight to it. We know the First Amendment was first because its freedoms of speech and faith were essential for preserv-
ing the other amendments; likewise the second protected the first. But few recall how universal the respect for faith was. James Madison, not a firebreather, was more in tune with Judeo-Christian
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