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Actually, that's exactly what America declares we do have: People are the image-bearers of God, created with dignity& inalienable rights.
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There is absolutely nothing in the constitutional history of the United States that depends upon our being "image-bearers of God."
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Thank you for pointing this out, Charlie. Our constitutional values and the idea of inherent worth isn't an exclusively theistic thing. 👏
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Ever read the First Amendment of the Constitution? And many times is God or Jesus or any religion mentioned in the Constitution?
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Ben you're a good man (I think). But long as you support this "goober" and Putin's spirit animal-in-chief it's hard to take you seriously.
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LGBT person here, this is nice but it'd be really great if you stopped voting against my dignity & inalienable rights all the time kthxbye
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Senator We’re on different sides of the aisle, and there are issues we disagree on but i proudly say we need more like you in elected office
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Interestingly, Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration avoided talk of God or the Creator. Those terms were added by Congress during the revision process. Image from Danielle Allen, Our Declaration.
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You added "image bearers of God" ... if not, where, specifically, is this phrase used by the founding fathers? Look forward to your reply
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And we have these rights not bec. we’re Americans, but bec. God gave them to every person-American gov’t recognizes and honors them
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