Preacher Johnson can suck a fart straight out of my hairy, atheist ass
European history has demonstrated vividly that the incestuous entanglement of church and state is terrifying and disastrous for everyone.
Adams and Jefferson said and wrote otherwise, and they’re slightly higher up in the food chain.
Fuck off, you Zealot.
The separation of Church and State is the very bedrock of this country’s existence.
You want to practice your religion? Fine. But keep it the fuck out of our government and MY life!!
When the U.S. was founded, the various sects of christianity were worried about the others oppressing them. E.g., the baptists didn’t want the methodists telling them what to do, and vice versa, and everyone hated the catholics.
Now they’ve mostly put their differences aside an united into a bunch of theocratic assholes who want some vague average take on their bullshit enacted into law, supported by a huge mass of useful idiots who “don’t follow politics” and are just culturally christian.
If we could bring back the sectarian divisions, making them fear and distrust one another again as much as they fear atheists and muslims, everyone would be better off.
It’s in the Bill of Rights you f***ing dumbass. It’s the first damn amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
But I can’t say I am surprised. Apparently, none of these dipshits know anything in the Bill of Rights besides the second amendment.
Just when you think GOP has hit a new low. Continues to outperform.
> “Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in a letter that Jefferson wrote is not in the Constitution.”
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> “I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk — that’s not in the Constitution,” Boebert said at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, Colo. “It was in a stinking letter and it means nothing like they say it does.”
About that letter, the Supreme Court said over a century ago:
> Coming as this does from an acknowledged leader of the advocates of the measure, it may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment thus secured.
We must listen to The Founders. Just not their stinking letters.
Don’t they swear to uphold the constitution? He is a misnomer.
Hey Mike, fuck you.
Islamic, Christian -whatever the flavor: right-wingers/conservatives like Isis and the GOP don’t want religious liberty, they want religious *supremacy*. They’re all ultimately the same violent superstitious authoritarians just marketed under different regional brands
Separation of church and state is arguably the *most important* part of the constitution, you fucking crusader.
The fuck it is. This zealot has no place in a leadership role
~~The constitution~~ bill of rights makes it quite clear that there should be clear separation of church and state. The letter is irrelevant. In fact it strengthens the argument. I know this and I’m not American. These people are fucking idiots.
Nah. Fuck this guy
Conservatives make me fucking sick, how can you be such a submissive loser
Thomas Paine wrote about religion in his introduction to Age of Reason. The founders all believed religion was personal and not to be part of government.
The southern baptists are at it again.
> Before taking the oath of office last month, Johnson brought his Bible to the rostrum, saying, “The Bible is very clear that God is the one that raises up those in authority … each of you, all of us,” according to The Associated Press.
In the 20th century, a tradition developed where the Government Printing Office would print and distribute copies of the Jefferson Bible to each new member of Congress. This practice continued for many years
Conservatives are America’s al-Qaeda
How about the “right to bear arms as part of a well-organized militia”?
Is that a misnomer too?
Reasons why there must be division of church and state:
1. It prevents the government from determining a single religion that is above all others, while also adhering to the rights of different religions to practice their religion.
2. It protects the rights of those who are secular, and choose to not be a part of any religion.
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No, no it’s not.
Preacher Johnson can suck a fart straight out of my hairy, atheist ass
European history has demonstrated vividly that the incestuous entanglement of church and state is terrifying and disastrous for everyone.
Adams and Jefferson said and wrote otherwise, and they’re slightly higher up in the food chain.
Fuck off, you Zealot.
The separation of Church and State is the very bedrock of this country’s existence.
You want to practice your religion? Fine. But keep it the fuck out of our government and MY life!!
When the U.S. was founded, the various sects of christianity were worried about the others oppressing them. E.g., the baptists didn’t want the methodists telling them what to do, and vice versa, and everyone hated the catholics.
Now they’ve mostly put their differences aside an united into a bunch of theocratic assholes who want some vague average take on their bullshit enacted into law, supported by a huge mass of useful idiots who “don’t follow politics” and are just culturally christian.
If we could bring back the sectarian divisions, making them fear and distrust one another again as much as they fear atheists and muslims, everyone would be better off.
It’s in the Bill of Rights you f***ing dumbass. It’s the first damn amendment
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
But I can’t say I am surprised. Apparently, none of these dipshits know anything in the Bill of Rights besides the second amendment.
Just when you think GOP has hit a new low. Continues to outperform.
> “Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in a letter that Jefferson wrote is not in the Constitution.”
…
> “I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk — that’s not in the Constitution,” Boebert said at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, Colo. “It was in a stinking letter and it means nothing like they say it does.”
About that letter, the Supreme Court said over a century ago:
> Coming as this does from an acknowledged leader of the advocates of the measure, it may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment thus secured.
We must listen to The Founders. Just not their stinking letters.
Don’t they swear to uphold the constitution? He is a misnomer.
Hey Mike, fuck you.
Islamic, Christian -whatever the flavor: right-wingers/conservatives like Isis and the GOP don’t want religious liberty, they want religious *supremacy*. They’re all ultimately the same violent superstitious authoritarians just marketed under different regional brands
Separation of church and state is arguably the *most important* part of the constitution, you fucking crusader.
The fuck it is. This zealot has no place in a leadership role
~~The constitution~~ bill of rights makes it quite clear that there should be clear separation of church and state. The letter is irrelevant. In fact it strengthens the argument. I know this and I’m not American. These people are fucking idiots.
Nah. Fuck this guy
Conservatives make me fucking sick, how can you be such a submissive loser
Thomas Paine wrote about religion in his introduction to Age of Reason. The founders all believed religion was personal and not to be part of government.
The southern baptists are at it again.
> Before taking the oath of office last month, Johnson brought his Bible to the rostrum, saying, “The Bible is very clear that God is the one that raises up those in authority … each of you, all of us,” according to The Associated Press.
In the 20th century, a tradition developed where the Government Printing Office would print and distribute copies of the Jefferson Bible to each new member of Congress. This practice continued for many years
Conservatives are America’s al-Qaeda
How about the “right to bear arms as part of a well-organized militia”?
Is that a misnomer too?
Reasons why there must be division of church and state:
1. It prevents the government from determining a single religion that is above all others, while also adhering to the rights of different religions to practice their religion.
2. It protects the rights of those who are secular, and choose to not be a part of any religion.
In fact, the First Amendment of the Constitution specifically addresses these issues: https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/first-amendment-and-religion#:~:text=The%20First%20Amendment%20has%20two,and%20the%20Free%20Exercise%20Clause.
Matthew 6:6 ”But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.”
It’s not a misnomer at all. The only mention of religion anywhere in the Constitution are the provisions ensuring that government stays out of it.
I’m ***SHOCKED*** that a Christian Nationalist thinks this way.
these theocrats are a danger to American democracy