Letters From The Wasteland

Letters From The Wasteland

The Aftermath of Trump — Part 1

The Founders declared the separation of church and state for a reason — elected officials should not be “anointed by God”.

Thad Zajac
Nov 22, 2020
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The Founders declared the separation of church and state for a reason — elected officials should not be “anointed by God”.

The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long recognized political tradition — the divine right of kings. At issue was the fundamental question of whether men’s rights were God…

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