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alexseanchai) wrote2014-05-06 11:10 am
alexseanchai) wrote2014-05-06 11:10 am
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Exploration of the history of Greece, NY, the city that produced the lawsuit that resulted in the Supreme Court decision ending religious freedom in the US.
As I said on Facebook: And religious freedom in the United States dies, to the sound of thunderous applause from the people who think this decision preserves their religious freedom at the expense of everyone who [they think] deserves none. Who gets to be part of our new official state religion, I wonder? Are Catholics "Christian" enough? What about Methodists, Lutherans, or Presbyterians? Or is it only Southern Baptists who qualify? Observe the sneer quotes around "Christian". Per Matthew 6:5, Yeshua benMiryam Yosef would want to have a few words with anyone simultaneously proclaiming themselves Christian and insisting on praying in public.
As I said on Facebook: And religious freedom in the United States dies, to the sound of thunderous applause from the people who think this decision preserves their religious freedom at the expense of everyone who [they think] deserves none. Who gets to be part of our new official state religion, I wonder? Are Catholics "Christian" enough? What about Methodists, Lutherans, or Presbyterians? Or is it only Southern Baptists who qualify? Observe the sneer quotes around "Christian". Per Matthew 6:5, Yeshua ben