{"id":7567,"date":"2013-11-20T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T15:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=7567"},"modified":"2013-11-20T10:45:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T15:45:18","slug":"the-great-post-script-to-the-constitution-gets-rolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2013\/11\/the-great-post-script-to-the-constitution-gets-rolling.html","title":{"rendered":"The Great Post Script to the Constitution Gets Rolling"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2013\/11\/bill-of-rights.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2013\/11\/bill-of-rights-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bill-of-rights\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7568\"><\/a><br>\nOn this day in 1789 the state of New Jersey became the first to ratify the Bill of Rights.<\/p>\n<p>With a few quibbles about interpretation here and there, I\u2019d say a very, very good thing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Thought you would like to know\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cf-GuqvcFng\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in 1789 the state of New Jersey became the first to ratify the Bill of Rights. 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