Texas lawmaker: I want Christian chaplains in schools to "put God back in government"
Texas lawmaker: I want Christian chaplains in schools to "put God back in government"
State Sen. Mayes Middleton admitted the true intent of his chaplains-in-schools bill
State Sen. Mayes Middleton admitted the true intent of his chaplains-in-schools bill
This sort of anti-constitutional talk should get one disqualified from office, with the possible exception of if the talk is aimed at amending the constitution (as opposed to this, which is trying to make laws which directly violate the current constitution).
78I read that as "with a possible execution".
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Sounds like a giftwrapped present to the Satanic Temple.
54They're already on it
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Yeah, well I want you to go fuck yourself in the ass with a broken off broom handle. So, maybe it isn't a good idea to use the government to make edicts based on people's personal preferences.
49You gotta love how these types of people, who I assume have never actually read anything like the Constitution or even has it summarized for them using picture books to make it easier for them to understand.
34These are the death throes of Christianity
23If blatantly forcing religion on people was bad for religious movements they would have all died out by now.
11Forcing a specific religion on people does destabiize the state, especially if the state religion is at risk of changing every time the regent monarch changes.
Republicans who want to instill a state religion cannot stop at Christianity, but will have to narrow it down to a specific ministry criminalizing the rest.
If their effort doesn't drive the nation to bloody social unrest, the purges of heretics will be even bloodier.
That said, in the aftermath of the Christian Nationalist movement in the US, Evangelist Christians will be regarded much like nazis in the 1950s. And those eager to hunt will be glad to confuse other Christians for nationalists if they're desperate for game.
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I can only hope so.
9They're already in the process of dying off. That's why they're acting so panicked. The default is we win. They have to pull off a fascist coup and enforce fundamentalist Christianity on an unwilling populace or it's all over for them. That's why we must stay strong and resist
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Look at this map from the last election:
In the US, population doesn't matter. Elections are by county and by state.
This politician panders to religious extremists because his base are religious extremists.
If you don't vote people like him out of office, theocracy is your future. Assuming it is in death throws when it is a violent majority is dangerous.
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god was never in this government, and this government was specifically founded to be separate from a concept of or obedience to any god. ur founding documents are very clear about this. if you disagree, you are, fundamentally, UNamerican, potentially a traitor—but on thing is clear: your “beliefs” can never trump the facts out founder laid out about what they believed, and it’s v=clearly that facts are paramount.
if obedience to mythical belief is what you want, go elsewhere and found you own, new, separate country. the USA was founded on the beliefs of the Enlightenment: logic, facts, and democracy, as flawed as those ideals were in the 18th century. But the majority, at least, of our founding fathers knew well enough that magic and superstition were nothing more than fiction.
20See, all these fuckers want to bring religion back and mix it with government because they think it’s their flavor that’ll win.
Never do they think they’d be the ones suffering things like the Act of Uniformity 1558 or the Act of Supremacy 1558. Which is kind of the reason this nation wanted out of that business.
They’re fooling themselves that all the various forms of Christianity will keep playing nicely with each other forever. They’re only playing nicely because of their enemy of the enemy thinking with secularism. Second that’s gone they’ll be at each other’s throat as history has consistently shown.
19Politicians like that often turn out to be closeted, disturbed gays at some point. Maybe it's part of their cover up story that got way out of hand, idk.
19Texas is really losing their minds lately
17You want to put religion in government? Start taxing. You want protestant chaplains in school, then all protestant churches get taxed. Lets see how many churches survive having to report their income. How many mega churches are gonna pay those million dollar tax bills every year? How many televangelists are going to relocate to the bahamas?
16It's all or none, my monotheistic friend.
16I look forward to His Noodly Presence in school.
7I don't get-... Ah, Catholic.
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"Just like our great Founding Fathers intended", probably. Cynical sociopathic bastards that republicans are.
11Right before we see Jesus Christ (D-NH) voting for abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and progressive taxation scale because his dad created everyone equal.
11These are the types of people who probably see Jesus as "too weak" or "too woke" or "too liberal" and would absolutely shoot him if he came back because he would start actually helping people in the name of Christianity rather than use it to oppress everyone around them.
3I'd argue they use some form of a liquid Jesus (Jizz?) that takes the form of whatever they argue about, not a person with values deacribed in the book they've read in their sleep.
But yeah, they'd do the same for him that contemporary idiots did, while wearing big silver and golden crosses on their necks.
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I am ordained minister in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Not joking.
Need me as a chaplain? OK. I'll do my best.
11Can’t be worse than most chaplains.
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Organized religion has to be utterly abolished. That is the only reasonable way to respect the First Amendment
10Seems like that would go against free speech and assembly clauses.
6Agreed. It's a threat to our safety and is structurally incapable of changing on a fundamental level.
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I want you to go suck on a shotgun, but that aint happeneing either... So fuck off
9"defenders of these bills say it’s a way to improve students’ mental health at a time when schools are understaffed when it comes to social workers and counselors. Inviting chaplains into schools, said one advocacy group, would give kids “a solid spiritual foundation and a safe space to express their pain and frustrations.”
Or, you know, pay the teachers and social workers a comfortable wage so they all stop quitting
8Dollars to donuts, this guy Mayes Middleton is sporting a buttplug
5It probably has Bluetooth and the security on those devices are…. Minimal. For ease of use.
Somebody should crack his and, uh, ya know, buzz him every time he starts trying to talk to the press.
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Like catholic priests?
5That's it, I've had it. I'm leaving this country. I'm going across the ocean to live where I'm not forced to engage with the religion of the state. This is not a repeat from the early 17th century.
3Thats what they want you to do. Instead you need to push back, with violent force if necessary.
10My sarcasm didn't come through with the last sentence as I had intended.
Violence? That's what they want. Only if it's used against my family, I'll repay in kind. I'll just give money to The Satanic Temple and they can keep winning in the courts. Maybe start a taxpayer-funded Satan Club at my children's school.
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It's good not to be forced to engage with the state religion, but moving to a place where there still is a state religion isn't ideal either.
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