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In reply to the discussion: I wish they had set the age from 35 to 65 in the constitution for [View all]LeftishBrit
(41,190 posts)22. If that had been the case in the UK...
Churchill could not have been our Prime Minister during WW2.
Mandela could not have been president of South Africa under that rule.
I think the better approach might be to find a better way of dealing with the temporary or permanent succession if the president becomes ill.
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I wish it weren't so hard to change amendments set in place by men wearing powdered wigs!
dubyadiprecession
Dec 2016
#3
As were Aristophanes, Aristotle, and Plato who also rationalized slavery and misogyny.
LanternWaste
Dec 2016
#32
You are abysmally ignorant of US history if you think the framers of the Constitution were fundies
Hekate
Dec 2016
#20
In 200 years, history will look at those who supported marriage between a man and women
yeoman6987
Dec 2016
#28