Not sure about pride in America

The fireworks were great. At both displays, the song "Proud To be An American" was played. But this year, during the line, "And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free," a nagging doubt crossed my mind: "Will that statement be true next year?"

As one active in the pro-life movement, I've been referred to as a "terrorist" by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. President Obama is trying to remove "right of conscience" clauses that protect health care workers. As the mother of a physician and grandmother of a pharmacy major, I'm worried that they will be forced to do abortions or dispense abortion-inducing drugs.

Mary Ann Cronauer

Naperville