The Texas State Board of Education approved a new curriculum that will incorporate stories from the Bible into elementary school education.
In an eight-to-seven vote on Tuesday, the board approved the state-written “Bluebonnet” curriculum, which infuses Bible stories into language arts materials for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. All four Democrats on the board were joined by three Republicans in voting unsuccessfully against the curriculum.
Well in the context of the time “well regulated” meant something completely different. You have to be careful not to make the same mistake.
I keep hearing this, but “regulated” has meant basically the same thing since we first took the word from Latin. If by “the context of the time” you mean “as defined in contemporary dictionaries”, then the meaning is basically the same.
Despite the popularity of the claim, I have yet to see an actual piece of evidence that “well-regulated” was universally understood to mean “well-organized and well-stocked”, and not “directed by rules”.
Interpreting language from a legal document on any other basis but contemporary dictionary definitions is disingenuous at best, and at minimum requires substantially more evidence than I’ve ever been presented.