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It is incredibly hard. But if you take it textually and literally, it's in there. I would actually argue that it is part of the "holy" ness is believing it will happen, despite all odds. Maybe it is more like waiting for the second coming of the Christ given the current political climate. But I think that if you treat the constitution as sacred, you are acknowledging change and historical development. The real question is probably around interpretation. Do you believe it should be interpreted explicitly and only within the historical context of the time, or is it something that needs to be reinterpreted and changing as the times change. Maybe there's a similarity there to religious fundamentalists and and how different churches and denominations all interpret the same book. All that said, treating the constitution as something sacred and foundational doesn't mean we are living in the past and afraid to change.