12-16-2021, 11:02 AM
Ominously, the John Birch Society often used the slogan "America is a republic - not a democracy," at least tacitly implying a preference for Republicans over Democrats, even though they had some issues with Republicans too, especially on foreign affairs (pre-Reagan anyway).
"These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation" - Justice David Brewer, Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 1892