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wcmagumba

(6,641 posts)
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:46 PM Friday

The White House sponsoring a mega "Christian" prayer event on the National Mall violates my rights...

I'm a non-believer and truly believe my rights are being violated. We weren't founded as a religious state. Those saying we were are wrong and lying...Eff this stuff...Let's go ahead and make the Pope our President (oh, that's right, these "Christians" don't like him either..

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RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,269 posts)
2. Praying reminds me of a dog barking at the moon. Poor critter doesn't realize sound doesn't travel in space.
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:06 PM
Friday

You'd think humans would know better.

Beachnutt

(8,946 posts)
4. 👇
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:14 PM
Friday

Article 11 of the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli is a famous historical clause declaring that the United States government is "in no sense founded on the Christian religion." Negotiated by American diplomat Joel Barlow and signed by President John Adams, it was intended to reassure Muslim nations that the US was a secular state, not a Christian crusader power.

The Treaty of Tripoli, signed in 1797, was a peace and friendship agreement between the U.S. and Tripoli (now Libya) designed to protect American shipping from Barbary pirate attacks. It is best known for Article 11, which stated that the U.S. was not founded on the Christian religion, aiming to assure Tripoli that the U.S. was a secular state.

hedda_foil

(17,021 posts)
5. You're absolutely right. Chapter and verse. The only problem?
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:51 PM
Friday

The felon and his gang would have no trouble ignoring, terminating or physically tearing up and urinating on that or any other treaty and SCOTUS would rubber stamp his action.

Initech

(109,280 posts)
6. It's literally a slap in the face to the Constitution that they are doing this.
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:56 PM
Friday

Fuck the MAGA Taliban. Our government is not your church. Rot in hell for this horrible administration.

wnylib

(26,473 posts)
9. I'd love it if a sudden thunderstorm hit right after they started.
Fri May 15, 2026, 04:44 PM
Friday

We could tell them it was God's wrath at their hypocrisy.

charliea

(353 posts)
13. So true...
Fri May 15, 2026, 05:02 PM
Friday

Since it would be just like when Christianists claim that some natural disaster, usually hurricanes, were the result of homosexuality or abortion rights. We might say that their God wanted to wash out their mouths, like the righteous mom She is!
Disclaimer: Whatever religion they are professing it's not one I adhere to.

patphil

(9,230 posts)
11. Yeah, like Trump is some sort of Christian. Of course the folks that turn up won't really be Christian either.
Fri May 15, 2026, 04:56 PM
Friday

Trump wants votes, so he pretends to pray. It's a "sucker born every minute" moment.

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