The history of the versions is a history of doctrine and dispute.

It's the fatal flaw in the Christian doctrine, I think. They just dropped her, and maligned her so badly, calling her a prostitute, that eventually they couldn't even see her anymore. But she's been there all along, just waiting for us to recognize her.

It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history. . . . The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years. . . . There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation [between church and state]. . . . The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or the intent of the framers.

History is not a bad thing. It just reminds us what to do and what not to do in the future.

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.