Ya'll pray now, ya hear?

Karen Majewski, City Council President of Hamtramck, Mich., said, it has "very little to do with" the town. "It has to do with change."

Uh oh.

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People of belief, especially Christians, are enduring "change" – with the intentional removal of every speck of prayer and religion from our schools, textbooks, courthouses, government, military, town squares, commerce, the media, entertainment, music – whatever and wherever it might be found.

So how do you explain Hamtramck, Mich.?

It's perfectly clear that no matter where it is, how it's portrayed or what its role, the very existence of belief sets atheist and agnostic teeth on edge. They'll do whatever is necessary to get rid of it with lawsuits filed by people who are "offended" or "embarrassed" by being exposed to the religious beliefs of others.

So what are they doing about Hamtramck, Mich.?

These are often the same people who support violent films, misogynist literature, obscene public behavior, vile language in public, and all forms of sexual perversion. They'll defend the right of people to express themselves. If that bothers other people – well, tough – free speech and all that.

But if someone has a religious picture on their desk, if a teacher wears a crucifix or a yarmulke, all "you-know-what" breaks out putting jobs and careers at risk. If you put a religious statue on your lawn or in your shopping center, you'll virtually guarantee being hit with a lawsuit claiming someone was offended.

Where's that "offended" lawsuit in Hamtramck?

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is out of a job because he refused to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse, even though acknowledgement of God is part of that state's constitution. A special court unanimously upheld his ouster.

Public religious displays are under fire: Christmas nativity scenes, and other decorations; a cross honoring war dead ordered removed from the Mojave National Preserve; any religious decorations or celebrations in school activities and programs.

The city of Redlands, Calif. – to avoid an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit – is removing a cross as part of its logo. It's been there 40 years. The ACLU sued an Ohio city for the same reason and won.

An atheist sues to remove God from the Pledge of Allegiance and there was a lawsuit in San Francisco to stop church bells from chiming. It failed. For now.

So what's happening in Hamtramck?

In that city of 23,000 people, the local government voted unanimously to allow religion to be pushed into every aspect of life there, except for soundproof rooms. There aren't too many of those.

There was no public vote. The city council decided it.

Many citizens objected angrily at the council meeting – to no avail.

Does it surprise you that the objectors are called "Christian bigots"?

It shouldn't, because the religion in question isn't Christianity or Judaism. The religion being forced on the whole city of Hamtramck is Islam.

That council vote allows the seven mosques in the city to broadcast – over loudspeakers – the daily Islamic call to prayer.

In Arabic – five times a day, two to three minutes each time, between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Hundreds jammed the meeting to object:

• U.S. citizens shouldn't be subjected to the tenets of someone else's religion

• it puts Islam above other religions

• It's an invasion of privacy

• It's forced religious indoctrination

• the broadcasts are prayers – not like church bells, which are music

The arguments got nowhere and the reaction from Muslims was sadly predictable. They spoke of being "hated," others spoke of a shocking level of "intolerance." Objectors were called "Christian bigots."

They say it's their "religious freedom" and part of America. They say the sound of the call to prayer is no different from church bells, trains or even ice cream trucks! They say the call is Islamic tradition.

Remember what the council president said about "change"?

Hamtramck, surrounded by Detroit, was a Polish-Catholic enclave. Now, 41 percent of the population is foreign born and one-third is Muslim. Political petitions are printed in Polish, Bosnian, Arabic – and English.

Change, indeed.

The basic issue at stake goes beyond Hamtramck. It encompasses the mindset of immigrants. Do they become Americans following our Constitution, customs, mores and laws? Or do they establish their culture here, with Americans obliged to change to accommodate them, as their numbers increase.

Have no doubt: As they gain political clout, we'll see more of this.

Ms. Majewski is right. It is all about change.

But not all change is good. Change always occurs after you lose a war. Like it or not, this is another part of the war in which we're engaged. It's a culture war and we have a lot to lose. Everything, in fact.