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"Both the Christian Right and the secular Left are largely wrong about the religious beliefs of America’s key Founders and, consequently, their prescriptions for America based on those assumptions are also wrong. America’s Founders were not all Christians, and they did not intend to create a Christian nation. On the other hand, they were not rank secularists who intended to erect a wall of separation between church and state. They were religious men who wanted religion – but not necessarily Christianity – to have significant influence in the public square."    

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

On March 6, 2024, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a GOP-proposed bill to protect in vitro fertilization after weeks of backlash prompted by a controversial state Supreme Court ruling that embryos are considered children.  (NBC News online. Alabama governor signs bill to protect IVF treatments into law) 

On May 30, 2024, Mr. Donald J. Trump was unanimously found guilty of 34 of 34 counts by 12 Manhattan, NY residents (jury of his peers) beyond a reasonable doubt. Each of the 34 counts were for falsifying business records (to hide the "catch and kill" scheme) to protect Mr. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. The jury deliberated just over 9 hours.