{"id":128884,"date":"2015-11-18T14:04:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/john-kasich-hasnt-read-the-us-constitution-lately.html"},"modified":"2015-11-22T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T17:40:43","slug":"john-kasich-hasnt-read-the-us-constitution-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/john-kasich-hasnt-read-the-us-constitution-lately.html","title":{"rendered":"John Kasich hasn't read the US Constitution lately"},"content":{"rendered":"

Um … I'm pretty<\/i> certain the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment pretty much rules out setting up a government agency to promote explicitly religious values. But, hey, I'm not a GOP Presidential Candidate, so what do I know?<\/p>\n

'He defended creating a new government agency at a time when fellow Republican presidential candidates discuss eliminating government agencies to making the government smaller.'<\/i><\/p>\n

Yes, the biggest problem with this is that it violates … the principles of small government.<\/p>\n

'"There's nobody who's spent more time shrinking government and cutting budgets than I have," Kasich, the former head of the House Budget Committee said, adding that not all government programs are equal.'<\/i><\/p>\n

Nor, apparently, all religions.<\/p>\n

And so the Overton Window noodges further to the right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Um … I'm pretty certain the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment pretty much rules out setting up a government agency to promote explicitly religious values. But, hey, I'm not a GOP Presidential Candidate, so what do I know? 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