IthicaArtist,
Perhaps a more careful approach would be advisable before “correcting” another’s post. Cdmech never claimed his first quote was from the Constitution. You may disagree but I believe that most view the Declaration as one of our founding documents.
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“Incorrect. The first ten amendments, like all the rest, may be changed by the amendment process set out in the Constitution--2/3 of both houses plus 3/4 of the states' legislatures.”
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Not accurate, the following from the National Archive Article V
“ amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures
A proposed amendment becomes part of the Constitution as soon as it is ratified by three-fourths of the States”
Other inaccuracies would include confusing the Virginian George Mason with the Englishman Charles Mason, who with Jeremiah Dixon surveyed the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania(the Mason-Dixon Line), and attributing the cherry tree myth of Washington to the
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”big revisionist movement in the 20's
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That story is first seen in a biography on Washington written by Mason Locke Weems ( A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits, of General George Washington(1800) either 20 or 120 years before the “revisionist movement” you mention depending on which century you’re referring to.
As to this being a Christian nation, you may be able to argue from a religious standpoint, but I think there's little doubt that this country embraces the philisophical teachings of the man Jesus of Nazareth
I believe that your lack of factual accuracy, opinion masquerading as fact, and the obvious disdain for religion apparent in your posts taints any of the possibly relevant points you make.