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> I am amazed the women of America did not rise up and slaughter your political classes and judges in your red states and the federal courts Then perhaps you
by cato_the_elder 4y ago
> I am amazed the women of America did not rise up and slaughter your political classes and judges in your red states and the federal courts
Then perhaps you probably don't know much about American politics. Until recently, there wasn't a huge gender gap on the issue. [1]
> You are to all practical purposes at this time in many ways an illegal theocracy operating in a nation state which constitutionally forbids it.
The declaration of independence explicitly says that our fundamental rights are endowed to us by our Creator. [2] The pledge of allegiance calls the US "one Nation under God". [3] The US, unlike France [4], isn't afraid of God.
[1]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/245618/abortion-trends-gender.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/245618/abortion-trends-gender.a...
[2]: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcrip...
[3]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance
[4]: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/france-god-religion-secularism/620528/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/france-...
- ggm 4y agoThe pledge of allegiance dating from the 19th century has no constitutional status, and "under God" is a product of the 1950s cold war. A previous generation of the Supreme Court upheld it's complete irrelevance. Maybe that will change again, but I struggle to see it really. This current court is black letter law, if the 1770s didn't require it, then it takes heavy process to make it happen, for them. The stats on views of abortion were fascinating! Thanks. I am unsure yet they go to my side of things or yours. The definitely legal and sometimes legal count, appears to me to be consistently pro abortion rights. They've just had flat denial from the court on a federal right and a push back to (often distorted) states rights. You think this isn't going to hurt electorally? You know what: I don't know. I think it foolish for me to even try.
- feet 4y agoMentioning a creator is not equivalent to stating that the US is a theocracy, let alone a christian one