Foreigner Behind Royalist Pledge Plot Dies at 97

I sometimes wonder why countries that have official state religions (England, Denmark) have far less religious meddling in their political affairs than we do. So unfair.

The most important words in the pledge are “with liberty and justice for all.”

The Second Amendment is only part of the Constitution.
Revelation is not the only book in the Bible.

In the UK people like Mr. Docherty are sometimes termed “God-botherers.”

@Mistress Cynica: Only after they’re done with the burnings, floggings and executions.

On a lighter note, when I was a lad we had Divinity once a week: a class to study the Bible of the CofE. And it’s stood me in good stead ever since. I know something about the Bible and its history. Unlike the fundies who have no clue what any of it means. I say, restore religious instruction in the schools. We’ll all be better off.

However, this Scots asshole has much to answer for. He took the majestic cadence of “… one nation, indivisible, with whatever and thing for all…” and shoehorned in the word God, which screws it all up. In its original state a lovely weight falls on the word “indivisible”. A grand sounding word in and of itself.

The Scots remain a Calvinist bunch. My grandmother would always try to have me baptized when I stayed with her. My mother would have a fit and put her foot down.