I don’t think anyone thought YOU made it up. But stuff that sounds good and right and patriotic these days is often fake.
I saw a prayer attributes to the aging Billy Graham that was really in-your-face for the left. The prayer was real,, but was prayed at the Kansas opening of the Senate in 1996 by pastor Joe Wright. Many Senators stormed out. http://www.dailypaul.com/54579/offended-legislators-walk-out-during-controversial-kansas-senate-opening-prayer.
I had the same reaction the first time I read the judge’s words. But I did go to Snopes and received a pleasant confirmation.
I checked it out at three different sources before I posted.