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PaulRevere08

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22. The catholic integralists, like Barr, are a very scary bunch. A noted
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 08:38 AM
Sep 2020

one is teaching constitutional law at Harvard.

Integralism
A convert to Catholicism, Vermeule has become an advocate of integralism, a form of modern political thought originating in historically Catholic-dominant societies and opposed to the liberal ideal of division between church and state. Integralism in practice gives rise to state order (identifiable as theocratic) in which a religiously-conceived "Highest Good" has precedence over individual autonomy, the value prioritized by liberal democracy. Rather than electoral politics, the path to confessional political order in integralist theory is “strategic ralliement,” or transformation within institutions and bureaucracies, that lays the groundwork for a realized integralist regime to succeed a liberal democratic order it assumes to be dying. The new state would "exercise coercion over baptized citizens in a manner different from non-baptized citizens".[10][11][12]

To achieve this end, Vermeule has suggested giving confirmed Catholics priority in immigration, allowing them to "jump immediately to the head of the queue". Vermeule describes this as being essential to "the eventual formation of the Empire of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and ultimately the world government required by natural law".[13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Vermeule

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"Christian moral principles" keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #1
Oh god! (so to speak) scarletwoman Sep 2020 #2
where do these people come from???? samnsara Sep 2020 #3
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Tax Churches. sarcasmo Sep 2020 #5
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+1 2naSalit Sep 2020 #17
Jesus H. Christ. As Robin Willimas said, when God comes back, he's not going to look like Charlton Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #6
HOW THE FUCK DO THESE "RELIGIOUS" LEADERS JUSTIFY: AZ8theist Sep 2020 #7
Do these followers even read the Bible? DSandra Sep 2020 #19
Transaction. Nexus2 Sep 2020 #25
Putting children in cages is not a "little indiscretion"..... AZ8theist Sep 2020 #29
Apparently, it is too them. Nexus2 Sep 2020 #30
Yup. Irredeemable. AZ8theist Sep 2020 #32
Henry VIII thought so too bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #8
We need all Trump appointees gone as soon as trump's gone. That's an imperative. rickyhall Sep 2020 #9
Amen. 😆 Delmette2.0 Sep 2020 #12
Absolutely. They are his accomplices and partners in crime. dalton99a Sep 2020 #20
Okay, let's count how many times the word "God" appears in the Constitution.. Permanut Sep 2020 #10
Amendment One...Of The United States Constitution.."The of the Bill of Rights": Stuart G Sep 2020 #11
Article VI, U.S. Constitution: lastlib Sep 2020 #21
To better understand this DENVERPOPS Sep 2020 #28
It's a spiritual war alright. patphil Sep 2020 #13
He'd also be an antifa agitator guilty of sedition AZ8theist Sep 2020 #33
Sorry, Trump's EO doesn't trump the Constitution. Beartracks Sep 2020 #14
I'm Ok with azureblue Sep 2020 #15
Holy fuck I hate these fucking people SO FUCKING MUCH ... mr_lebowski Sep 2020 #18
The catholic integralists, like Barr, are a very scary bunch. A noted PaulRevere08 Sep 2020 #22
Another link, which includes a video of the interview mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #23
Four months and two days until these corrupt Trump appointees are history Yeehah Sep 2020 #24
Thank you to the OP for a thoughtful post hvn_nbr_2 Sep 2020 #26
Thank you. Usually when someone writes, it's to tell me that I'm a troll, so when someone writes to mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #27
This spells danger for the election muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #31
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