(September 21, 2023 at 7:51 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote:(September 21, 2023 at 7:43 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The Republicans claim to be "originalist" [i.e. supporting the "original intent" of the Framers of the Constitution] but have carved out an exception for religion in their own minds. It's not very different from Christian literalists who cherry-pick the shit out of their "inerrant" book.
I see. Well, as long as mankind has existed, or for a very long time, religion has been used as a means of power, so the fact that at least republicans do that kind of thing and try to incorporate religion with US politics is not too surprising.
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