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Delaware, the First State, had lots of fights, but no mention of "God" or "Jesus Christ"

Posted by Mark Small on July 1, 2025 at 5:19pm 0 Comments

Delaware was first to ratify the Constitution [FN1] & is among several States whose ratification conventions [FN2] left few records. Elliot’s Debates [FN3] has few entries for Delaware. [FN4] In no record does anyone declare Delaware is part of a Christian nation. [FN5] 1/19

Another collection of documents for this period is relatively recent in publication. [FN6] Edited by Prof Merrill Jensen, [FN7] relevant history of Delaware is noted [FN8] and descriptions of sources are…

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IN's Lt Gov should tell "God" to call trump

Posted by Mark Small on June 29, 2025 at 8:57am 0 Comments

As I was about to crash last night, a voice came to me and said: “Wait one more day to write about the States’ conventions! You haven’t finished saying what the Christofascists’ next move will be. I don’t work two shifts to finance your blog for it to be only half-way!” Yeah, the voice. 1/9

Christofascists want to destroy records of our history[FN1] & put racist fairy-tales in their place. Indiana gives us insight. [FN2] George Ade observed: “A lot of smart young people have come…

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Not a Christian country

Posted by Mark Small on June 28, 2025 at 9:58pm 0 Comments

Why do Christian nationalists insist the U.S. was founded as a “Christian” nation? [FN1] Facts do not support their claim. [FN2] The founding documents, few in number [FN3] do not help. [FN4] Neither “God” nor Jesus Christ appears in The Constitution, but “religion” is mentioned: 5/15

“no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public trust...” [FN5] The document came from a convention in which each day’s business did not begin w/prayer. [FN6] A…

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To A.G. Bondi: "Birthright citizenship" was decided long ago

Posted by Mark Small on June 27, 2025 at 7:46pm 0 Comments

The A.G. this afternoon stated that “birthright citizenship will be determined in October.” [FN1]. My very brief post on Facebook was too short. This expands on that earlier post and is directed to the Attorney General, Pam Bondi: 1/7

Birthright citizenship will not be decided in October. It was made necessary by 250 years of slavery. In the Dred Scott case, Taney, CJ [FN2] writing for the Court, framed the question:

“Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country,…

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