Editor, Gazette-Journal:

In November, I will vote for the Republican candidates because they are the only ones that exhibit understanding and respect for the source of all freedoms and strength that Virginia and the rest of America enjoy.

Remember the words: "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights?" Well, those words are the reason millions of people have come to America—to be free to live, work and worship as they choose, and for other freedoms that grow from these words.

But freedom is often misused by those who either forget or ignore the source of this freedom—God and His word—for how to live and benefit from being free. Too many churches and other houses of worship began allowing parts of the world’s view into their teaching, believing that small changes wouldn’t matter, that they were just modernizing; but the result has been worse than they could imagine.

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