Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pushed back Tuesday on the belief that there should be separation between church and state on the U.S., arguing that the founding fathers wanted faith to be a “big part…
  • kgbbot@lemmy.ca
    23·
    10 months ago

    Didn’t this religious asshole take an oath to uphold the constitution that literally decrees separation of church and state‽ Grounds for a firing.

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    10 months ago

    American churches and religious organizations have secured themselves so much public funding and political campaign power this past couple decades he kind of isn’t wrong: the separation detailed as important by many of the founders has been dumped.

    • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Misnomer - Intentionally misleading name

      So I understand what he thinks it means, a catch-all for things like “I know what it sounds like, but it isn’t.”, like how the Observer in Quantum Phenonemon refers to the tools used, not people actually looking at it… Leading to many misunderstandings on the Dual Slit.

      But it’s a title for something that’s INTENDED to be misleading for one reason or another, like if I named a terrible place to live “Paradise”, or a completely harmless and actively friendly snake “The Incredibly Deadly Viper”

      Yes, A Series of Unfortunate Events was my English Lesson as a kid

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    2·
    10 months ago

    religious whackjobs in the government attempt to rebrand ‘religion’ to ‘faith’ in an attempt to claim all americans should suffer from it.

    it will only cause me to hate 2 words instead of the one.

  • donuts@kbin.social
    1·
    10 months ago

    Of course a guy who can’t separate fapping from family also can’t separate politics from religion.