Tag / god
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Inland Conservative Elites
Since the 2016 election, the prevailing consensus about America’s cultural divide is that there are the educated, wealthy, coastal liberal elites who look down on the poor, rural, conservative Americans who live in flyover states. Many Trump supporters cited this as the reason for their vote in the 2016 election. They were supposedly tired of…
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Indiana’s RFRA: Closeting the Cause
Hailing from Indiana, I can tell you that Hoosiers take pride in a few important things: Our knowledge, love, and history of basketball Hoosier hospitality The mantra of “Keep it simple, stupid.” The first two are pretty widely known, while the last one on the list is more of an internal motto. The essential…
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In God we Doubt
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” While the United States was founded on this two-fold principle of freedom of religion and freedom from religion, it did not keep the religious right from gaining influence over public policy during the early years of the Cold War.…