Reply #18: Scalia is a complete idiot [View All]

[sui generis]

just because you're a supreme court justice doesn't make you an authority on history, or on religion.

Europe knows what religious wars are about. Europe knows what happens to the religions not in power when the government is catholic, or protestant, or even Anglican.

France does not stand out as further ahead in this lesson scheme but it could easily be said that America stands out as further behind than all of "old Europe".

The U.S. was founded at constitution time. The colonies were founded by a bunch of nutjobs who were so radically fundie and out of the mainstream that England kicked them out and gave them a boat to go on.

That's not the "United" States. That was England hoping those ships would disappear in a storm.