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Swiss Army Nerd<p>If you claim Christian belief, read this.</p><p>The Biblical story of Amos is, indeed, instructive in light of Trump's recent decision to give a green light to churches endorsing political candidates. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> shouldn't be playing man's partisan politics. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/churchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>churchandstate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/3UjzdjG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/3UjzdjG</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
tultican<p>Since the United States told white evangelicals they had to desegregate their schools, Christian nationalists have turned education into a political lightning rod and treated schools as ideological war zones. <a href="https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/danny-cherry-the-pulpit-is-on-the-precipice-of-the-schoolhouse-steps-and-people-are-fighting-back/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">networkforpubliceducation.org/</span><span class="invisible">blog-content/danny-cherry-the-pulpit-is-on-the-precipice-of-the-schoolhouse-steps-and-people-are-fighting-back/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p>
tultican<p>The Battle Over the Ten Commandments in the Classroom - It's part of the Christian nationalist agenda to make the US a theocratic Christian nation. <a href="https://dianeravitch.net/2025/06/23/the-battle-over-the-ten-commandments-in-the-classroom/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dianeravitch.net/2025/06/23/th</span><span class="invisible">e-battle-over-the-ten-commandments-in-the-classroom/</span></a> via @dianeravitch <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In 2005, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> held that such displays in a pair of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> courthouses violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>. At the same time, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> upheld a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TenCommandments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TenCommandments</span></a> marker on the grounds of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> state Capitol in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evangelism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchool</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> experts have long said they expect the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> case to make its way to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, testing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> on the issue of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>.</p><p>In 1980, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> ruled that a similar <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> law violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EstablishmentClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EstablishmentClause</span></a> of the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>, which says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> can “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” The high court found that the law had no secular purpose but served a plainly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> purpose.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evangelism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The mandate was signed into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> last June by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> Gov. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffLandry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffLandry</span></a>.</p><p>The court’s ruling backs an order issued last fall by US District Judge John deGravelles, who declared the mandate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a> &amp; ordered state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> officials not to take steps to enforce it &amp; to notify all local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> boards in the state of his decision. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evangelism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TenCommandments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TenCommandments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchool</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The mandate has been touted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, &amp; marks one of the latest pushes by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a> to incorporate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> into classrooms.</p><p>The ultra conservative <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> Court of Appeals’ order stems from a lawsuit filed last year by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parents</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> school <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> from various <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> backgrounds, who said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> violates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> language guaranteeing religious liberty &amp; forbidding government establishment of religion.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>More good news!</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Court</span></a> blocks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> requiring schools to post <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TenCommandments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TenCommandments</span></a> in classrooms</p><p>A panel of 3 federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchool</span></a> classroom is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a>. </p><p>The ruling marked a major win for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> groups who say the mandate violates the separation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a>, &amp; that the poster-sized displays would isolate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> …who are not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-ten-commandments-schools-federal-court-80d31b705fccbbbe3eeeb3cda5f64ec3?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-20-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/louisiana-t</span><span class="invisible">en-commandments-schools-federal-court-80d31b705fccbbbe3eeeb3cda5f64ec3?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-20-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
Sacrilegious Discourse<p>The Supreme Court just handed religious orgs another holy tax dodge.<br>If you're not preaching, not praying, and still getting exempted—congrats, you're now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlessedAndUntouchable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlessedAndUntouchable</span></a>.</p><p>🚨 Unemployment protections? Optional.<br>✝️ Accountability? Also optional.<br>😡 Outrage? Required.</p><p>👉 Read more: <a href="https://sacrilegiousdiscourse.com/blog/supreme-court-religious-exemption-unemployment" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sacrilegiousdiscourse.com/blog</span><span class="invisible">/supreme-court-religious-exemption-unemployment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FFRF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FFRF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReligiousPrivilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousPrivilege</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxTheChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheChurch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnholyExemptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnholyExemptions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecularResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecularResistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtheistActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtheistActivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeparationOfChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a></p>
Sacrilegious Discourse<p>Trump slipped a 63-word religious landmine into federal law and no one noticed?<br>Now Christian nationalists are using it to hijack the courts.<br>This isn’t a conspiracy theory—it’s literally happening.</p><p><a href="https://sacrilegiousdiscourse.com/blog/trump-63-word-clause-judicial-takeover" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sacrilegiousdiscourse.com/blog</span><span class="invisible">/trump-63-word-clause-judicial-takeover</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p>
Sacrilegious Discourse<p>So apparently Trump slipped a 63-word religious landmine into federal law and no one noticed?<br>Now Christian nationalists are using it to hijack the courts.<br>This isn’t a conspiracy theory—it’s literally happening.<br>Here’s what you need to know:<br><a href="https://sacrilegiousdiscourse.com/blog/trump-63-word-clause-judicial-takeover" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sacrilegiousdiscourse.com/blog</span><span class="invisible">/trump-63-word-clause-judicial-takeover</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtheistVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtheistVoices</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/27337/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Robert Ingersoll</b></a></p><blockquote>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Declaration of Independence announces the sublime truth, that all power comes from the people. This was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the right upon one man to govern others. It was the first grand assertion of the dignity of the human race. It declared the governed to be the source of power, and in fact denied the authority of any and all gods. Through the ages of slavery — through the weary centuries of the lash and chain, God was the acknowledged ruler of the world. To enthrone man, was to dethrone God.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, are we indebted, more than to all others, for a human government, and for a Constitution in which no God is recognized superior to the legally expressed will of the people.</blockquote><p><b>Robert Green Ingersoll</b> (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator<br>Lecture (1873-12) “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious Society</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/27337/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=robertingersoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robertingersoll</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=churchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>churchandstate</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=DeclarationOfIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeclarationOfIndependence</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=divineright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divineright</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a></p>
Southern Libtard<p>Good - give that &quot;holier-than-thou&quot; state a little Separation of Church and State smackdown!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/supreme-court-st-isidore-oklahoma" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/su</span><span class="invisible">preme-court-st-isidore-oklahoma</span></a></p>
Sacrilegious Discourse<p>Jesus was a Dirty Socialist. Dive into food-sharing, free healthcare, and why American Jesus™ isn’t the capitalist hero you’ve been sold. 👉 <a href="https://sacrilegiousdiscourse.com/blog/jesus-was-a-dirty-socialist-fight-me" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sacrilegiousdiscourse.com/blog</span><span class="invisible">/jesus-was-a-dirty-socialist-fight-me</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JesusWasASocialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JesusWasASocialist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtheistVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtheistVoices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FaithDeconstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaithDeconstruction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeftistJesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeftistJesus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReligionCritique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligionCritique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown/48116/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Barbara Brown Taylor</b></a></p><blockquote>One of the many things this story tells us is that Jesus was not brought down by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always a deadly mix. Beware of those who claim to know the mind of God and who are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform. Beware of those who cannot tell God’s will from their own. Temple police are always a bad sign. When chaplains start wearing guns and hanging out at the sheriff’s office, watch out. Someone is about to have no king but Caesar.</blockquote><p><b>Barbara Brown Taylor</b> (b. 1951) American minister, academic, author<br>Essay (1998-03-18), “The Perfect Mirror,” <i>Christian Century</i></p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown/48116/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=churchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>churchandstate</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=force" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>force</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lawandorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawandorder</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfrighteousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfrighteousness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a></p>
tultican<p>Nancy Bailey considers the possible outcome of the Supreme Court’s decision on a Catholic charter school, and reminds us why separation of church and state matters. <a href="https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/nancy-bailey-separation-of-church-and-state-critical-for-public-schools-and-america/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">networkforpubliceducation.org/</span><span class="invisible">blog-content/nancy-bailey-separation-of-church-and-state-critical-for-public-schools-and-america/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/5051/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Robert Ingersoll</b></a></p><blockquote>It is contended by many that ours is a Christian government, founded upon the Bible, and that all who look upon the book as false or foolish are destroying the foundation of our country. The truth is, our government is not founded upon the rights of gods, but upon the rights of men. Our Constitution was framed, not to declare and uphold the deity of Christ, but the sacredness of humanity. Ours is the first government made by the people and for the people. It is the only nation with which the gods have had nothing to do. And yet there are some judges dishonest and cowardly enough to solemnly decide that this is a Christian country, and that our free institutions are based upon the infamous laws of Jehovah.</blockquote><p><b>Robert Green Ingersoll</b> (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator<br>Lecture (1873-12), “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious Society</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/5051/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=robertingersoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robertingersoll</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=churchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>churchandstate</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=freedomofreligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofreligion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=heresy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heresy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=secularism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secularism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religiousfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religiousfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=OldTestament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldTestament</span></a></p>
Jack Vance<p>"This is a dangerous and unconstitutional move that promotes religious favoritism under the guise of protecting religious freedom."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.freethoughttoday.com/sections/100-front-page/ffrf-anti-christian-bias-directive-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freethoughttoday.com/sections/</span><span class="invisible">100-front-page/ffrf-anti-christian-bias-directive-unconstitutional/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has proposed cutting spending on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> enforcement in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a>, work-study programs &amp; services for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> from disadvantaged backgrounds. But one corner of the education budget he would boost: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> [I wonder if this has something to do w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> charter school case before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> right now]. His budget proposal would increase federal support for new charter schools by $60 million, or about 8.3%.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p>
Jack Vance<p>"The Health Share Transparency Act would bring much-needed clarity to consumers and the federal government about health care sharing ministries operating in the United States."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://americanhumanist.org/featured/center-for-freethought-equality-applauds-introduction-of-health-share-transparency-bill-in-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">americanhumanist.org/featured/</span><span class="invisible">center-for-freethought-equality-applauds-introduction-of-health-share-transparency-bill-in-congress/</span></a></p>