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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 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..
obamanut2012
(29,516 posts)This is disgusting.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,269 posts)You'd think humans would know better.
spooky3
(38,878 posts)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)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)Fuck the MAGA Taliban. Our government is not your church. Rot in hell for this horrible administration.
Deep State Witch
(12,756 posts)The golden Trump statue to pray to?
OGBuzz
(640 posts)wnylib
(26,473 posts)We could tell them it was God's wrath at their hypocrisy.
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.
Skittles
(172,917 posts)that is so fucked up
patphil
(9,230 posts)Trump wants votes, so he pretends to pray. It's a "sucker born every minute" moment.
twodogsbarking
(19,371 posts)BeneteauBum
(783 posts)Just to keep the white Christian zealots pacified.
Peace ☮️
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