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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cHow many human beings have to die before some people understand the gravity of the situation?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2015 Wayne Gerard Trotman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Welcome and thank you for being here. No matter your reason, we’re glad you found us. My name is Dawn Keegan and I’ll be your tour guide on this journey shared via my newest book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n God Given Right: An Examination of American Hypocrisy<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everything I write is from my heart, but this is a passion project like no other. The colorful and sometimes violent experiences of my first five decades has provided lots of valuable content. And when I left the relative calm of my east coast life in January of 2020, it was with the vision and hope of new beginnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By then I had a solid plan for both my companies and the anticipation of changing and saving lives so motivated me that I drove 2500 miles in two days to arrive at the west coast state of my birth. However, nothing in my history had adequately prepared me for what I’m going to share with you now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n “When faced with the frequently overwhelming requirements of daily life, it\u2019s natural to look to people or entities that claim to be operating in our best interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We put our trust in politicians, spiritual leaders, medical professionals and others because we\u2019re told they are on our side and we\u2019re frankly too worn down to question it. So let\u2019s begin with at least one point of agreement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are organizations receiving the tax benefits of non-profit status and sometimes tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money. When we go to them for help, the very least we should expect or even demand is that they abide by the same rules we\u2019re expected to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actions speak louder than words. I began sharing my message more than a decade ago. I\u2019m providing links to much of that character revealing evidence in companion documents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I encourage you to examine my previous work and compare it against the tale that follows. I have witnessed firsthand the beautiful capacity communities have for coming together when the yokes of oppression and subjugation are removed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no magic number of memorial walls, gratuitous holidays or street names to truly honor past sacrifice. This year the United States will celebrate 250 years spent under some form of the current system. Is this really the best we can do?”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Make your voice matter. Please share.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 310 The image below is of a plaque sold at a well known national chain store. The attribution to philosopher and founding father Thomas Paine is disputed by more than one source. If something as simple as this can be misrepresented and widely disseminated, it seems reasonable to conclude that other far more important […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-296","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godgivenrightbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godgivenrightbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godgivenrightbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godgivenrightbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godgivenrightbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/godgivenrightbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/godgivenrightbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godgivenrightbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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