Believe it or not, I actually receive those stupid little Hillsdale College newsletters. I don’t remember how I got on their mailing list. I think I read the very first one I received. I’ve been throwing them in the recycling bin ever since.

I’ll read that article and see what it has to say. This is one of those fundamental, if I may use that word, ideas that separates right from left. If you believe rights are granted by God, then you will inflexibly demand that society conform to your beliefs in that area. You see this play out in some of the Supreme Court decisions (We desperately need to take back the Court.).

I know this is anecdotal, but I personally have met plenty of folks who conflate morality and legality.

It’s actually more than anecdotal. Some day fairly soon (I hope), I’m going to write an article about the psychology of fundies. Many fundies (as well as many other people) have a simplistic view of right and wrong. I think psychologists call it concrete thinking. I need to go back and read up on this stuff, which is why I haven’t written the article yet. But concrete thinking lends itself more to conservatism. Seeing the world in conflicting shades of gray lends itself to liberalism. This is very broadly speaking, of course. I’ve met many liberals who have simplistic, concrete views of things.

On the subject of a better Constitution, I’d have to say that most modern secular proponents I’ve met are far too fond of micromanagement.

This is probably the single biggest flaw of the dominant form of liberalism today. That’s another article I want to write. I was trying to get it done before the election, because I have a chart showing where the candidates stood on this matter.

On the subject of a better Constitution, I’d have to say that most modern secular proponents I’ve met are far too fond of micromanagement. I think any modern Constitution would suffer because of it. At the same time, you’re right in that modern secularism would produce a Constitution with far fewer flaws enshrined.