We somehow fail to remember that this country was originally settled by religious fanatics. And then are flabbergasted and incensed when we discover the halls of government crawling with religious fanatics.

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Notes from a town meeting in Milford, Connecticut, 1640:

Voted, that the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; voted, that the earth is given to the saints; voted, that we are the saints.

8/3/2021