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		<title>What Do Americans Believe? Thoughts on the Declaration’s Preamble</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><em>Written by Judge Kenton Skarin</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: #ffff99;">Republished with permission from <em><a style="background-color: #ffff99;" href="https://judgekenton.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">judgekenton.com</a>.</em></span></p>
<p class="">The genius of the <a href="https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Declaration of Independence</a> is the way it packs the entire philosophy of American government into a very few lines.  Listen to what it tells us:</p>
<p class="" style="padding-left: 40px;">1) <strong>“We hold these truths to be self-evident”</strong> – What follows is so true that anyone can see it for themselves.</p>
<p class="" style="padding-left: 40px;">2) <strong>“all men are created equal”</strong> – People are not “judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” in Dr.&#8230; <a href="https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/07/what-do-americans-believe-thoughts-on-the-declarations-preamble/" class="read-more">Continue Reading </a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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