From what people in my family have been able to discover, our ancestors (LaRue) were French Huguenots who came to North Carolina (or South, I forget) to escape Catholic persecution in France. However, the family lines apparently go back further, to central Germany in the 1400s, and they left from there to go to France as a result of persecution as well. I'm not a protestant, but at least I can say that my ancestors weren't Catholics!!
I'm very thankful for the USA and the blessings God has bestowed on her through the years. I've actually contemplated a few radical (but Biblically-defensible) things in lament of my nation's bad decisions. But I won't rebel against the authority that God has allowed to come into power; as long as they don't try to make me go contrary to the Word of God, I have the responsibility to submit to them and honor God in the process.
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