You get beyond "We the People" and most Republicans, especially of the MAGA type, are fucking lost. They completely lose the tone of it, which is basically "the government has to play fair with its citizens and isn't here to enforce any particular religious, economic, or political ideology".
@theonion.com, now do a headline about the Equal Rights Amendment! “President Biden would rather set son free than every single woman in America.” Joe has had the power to published the fully-ratified ERA since 1/20/2021. Learn more at @voteequalityus.bsky.social & https://voteequality.us.
Scrolling through on here recently, more than once I've seen a post from The Onion and had to do a double-take to see who posted it, because it was just plausible enough it might have been from a conventional news source.
He didn't say much explicitly about his personal beliefs. More importantly, when he wrote the first amendment he put freedom to believe and worship or not worship how you want first, even before speech and press and assembly.
That he kept his religious beliefs private and held religious liberty of supreme importance is thoroughly documented, but his belief in a “creator” is also well established.
This article from 2009 slaps like it's 2019 or even... the soonest we can hope to have another Democratic administration... 2029. Sorry, I had to say it.
It was caused by this Reagan after the removal of the fairness doctrine. Led to people like limbaugh who now suffers the indignity of people peeing on his headstone.
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This one was outright prophetic. It's aged like fine wine.
the Constitution says the people retain rights that the Constitution does not list. Sorry Onion that was a fail.
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