Yes, It Is.

To quote a prayer from the Book of Common Prayer:

"Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues".

Amen to that.

Hattip: Theo Spark.

UPDATE: On a related note, this op-ed from Sunday hits the nail on the head:

America faces a new culture war.

This is not the culture war of the 1990s. It is not a fight over guns, gays or abortion. Those old battles have been eclipsed by a new struggle between two competing visions of the country's future. In one, America will continue to be an exceptional nation organized around the principles of free enterprise -- limited government, a reliance on entrepreneurship and rewards determined by market forces. In the other, America will move toward European-style statism grounded in expanding bureaucracies, a managed economy and large-scale income redistribution. These visions are not reconcilable. We must choose.

Indeed. We must choose what kind of united people we will be - a nation of free citizens, or managed consumers.