[jethropalerobber]

So you thank this little god that the Mayflower Compact was abrogated by the likes of Jefferson?

i'll thank any god you show me that we traded the authoritarian repression of new england puritanism for the enlightenment liberalism of locke and jefferson (though there always seem to be a few hold outs).

but perhaps you were just being facetious.

[kkindt]

The authoritarian represssion of New England puritanism was repression of:
1. adultery
2. witchcraft
3. abortion
etc.
The "englightened liberalism of Lock and Jefferson" gives us killing of unborn children up to the moment of and including the moments of their birth, easy adultery with no legal consequences the the current fatal pratice of human sacrifice by real witches. My insurance agents daughter was slaughtered by such a cult.