MSNBC's Chris Matthews seeks to erase God from American history

During a Thursday, 11/8 interview with Rep. Jackie Speier (CA), MSNBC host Chris Matthews managed to squeeze into a single sentence his contempt for Americans' Constitutional rights, disdain for religious faith, and something larger and more sinister.

"It's about this almost neo-religious notion of the Second Amendment, as if it's God created."

Matthews is surely aware that the Declaration of Independence, in its beginning, observes that men "are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights."

But his ignoring that reality comports with a sentiment held in some distasteful quarters: that founding documents like the Declaration and later Constitution are obsolete and to be disregarded, their principles not representative of popular good.

Witness not only ongoing assaults on gun and free speech rights, but also on due process and the "innocent until proven guilty" standard. 

Indeed, much commentary during the Kavenaugh hearings was premised on the notion that due process is not a prerequisite of justice, but somehow contrary to its realization.  

President Donald Trump urges "Make America Great Again." A return to respect for Constitutional principles and their Divine origin is doubtless one way we can fulfill that awesome task.