Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives

• Semester3383@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Constitutional freedoms–including religion–are a foundation for our country. If that’s not what you want, feel free to repeal the constitution, or move to a country that has a state religion instead.

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  • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lmao. Foundation of your country is racism, slavery, oppression, and neocolonialism.

    Feel free to read a history book that isn’t a full-blown propaganda some day. Your country always has been a christofascist state.

    But whatever makes you sleep at night, ig.

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    • Semester3383@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve read history books that aren’t full-blown propaganda. If you had read any, you would know that oppression and violence is the foundation of ALL western countries, and most non-western ones as well. The difference being that countries in the EU are more comfortable forgetting that their wealth was built on things like the exploitation of the Congo, the British East India Company, et al.

      The founding document of the US though, which is what I was clearly referring to, established certain civil rights that the gov’t isn’t supposed to infringe. Religious liberty is one of those. This is notably not a right in most non-US countries; many EU countries have state-funded religions, and citizens are often taxes by the gov’ts to pay for those religions.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I didn’t say they aren’t allowed to pray, just not in government buildings. It’s literally the first fucking amendment.

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    • Semester3383@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, no. That was never the intent of 1A. Individuals, or groups, are more than welcome to pray in government buildings, as long as they aren’t forcing that religious expression on unwilling people, using it as a religious test, or something similar that would amount to the establishment of a state-sponsored religion.

      Students can pray in schools; teachers can pray in schools. Teachers can not compel students to participate in prayers, nor are teachers supposed to lead students in prayer (as that’s implied compulsion).

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