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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 19, 1993                   TAG: 9302190399
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
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A NATION BENT ON DESTRUCTION

WHY IS OUR nation so bent on going to hell? We so-called Christians have stood by and let communism take prayer and our Bibles out of our schools. And yet, it's OK to let gay activists and lesbians come into our school systems and teach our children? Yes, even sex classes!

We cannot pray and worship God, but it's all systems go on immorality. No wonder our children don't have any moral values, are on drugs and alcohol, are killing each other and their parents, and engaging in sex by the time they are 12 years old.

It just breaks my heart to see our country, a nation that once stood for and believed in God, turn its back on the only one that can save us from destruction. JERRY WADE SALEM

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