http://www.politicsgunsandbeer.com/2009/11/17/constitution-party-of-spokane/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.politicsgunsandbeer.com/2009/11/17/constitution-party-of-spokane/comment-page-1/#comment-3425 The Inconvenience Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:24:10 +0000 http://www.politicsgunsandbeer.com/?p=1013#comment-3425 And let us not forget my homie Thomas Paine. Heck, even Washington was only nominally Christian. He paid to have a pew at his church but was never at service. However, it is fair to say that "Christian values" were the order of the day; just not among many of the enlightenment figures of the era. Paine's reputation went to Hell when [u]The Age of Reason[/u] became widespread back in America. And let us not forget my homie Thomas Paine. Heck, even Washington was only nominally Christian. He paid to have a pew at his church but was never at service. However, it is fair to say that “Christian values” were the order of the day; just not among many of the enlightenment figures of the era. Paine’s reputation went to Hell when [u]The Age of Reason[/u] became widespread back in America.

]]> http://www.politicsgunsandbeer.com/2009/11/17/constitution-party-of-spokane/comment-page-1/#comment-3421 divemedic Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.politicsgunsandbeer.com/?p=1013#comment-3421 Interesting that the "Constitution Party" wants "Christian values" and ignores the 1A, as well as ignoring the fact that many founding fathers were deists. (Including Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson) Interesting that the “Constitution Party” wants “Christian values” and ignores the 1A, as well as ignoring the fact that many founding fathers were deists. (Including Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson)

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