spaceghoti@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMike Johnson urged a religious test for politicianswww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down18
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minus-squareFades@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down41·11 months agoThat is the opposite of what this country was built on; freedom of religion. Being religious should not disqualify anyone, but if you push past separation of church and state then and only then should you be disqualified
minus-squarespaceghoti@lemmy.oneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·11 months agoI’m pretty sure that was the point of the original comment.
minus-squareFal@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·11 months agoBeing too religious should absolutely disqualify you, just like believing the world is flat or any number of other complete nonsense should disqualify you.
minus-squareSon_of_dad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoThe Puritans came here to seperate THEIR church from the state, after that it became them imposing their religion on natives. The actual country’s founding in 1776 was. Far from religious, and many of the founding fathers were not religious or outright anti religion
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoBring religious should be a disqualification. You have a higher master you serve. You can’t be trusted to put the country and the citizens first.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI imagine they weren’t being serious
minus-squareghostdoggtv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoReligious beliefs are not disqualifying, but if that’s your whole way of being, you should not hold public office. Render unto Caesar.
That is the opposite of what this country was built on; freedom of religion.
Being religious should not disqualify anyone, but if you push past separation of church and state then and only then should you be disqualified
I’m pretty sure that was the point of the original comment.
Being too religious should absolutely disqualify you, just like believing the world is flat or any number of other complete nonsense should disqualify you.
The Puritans came here to seperate THEIR church from the state, after that it became them imposing their religion on natives.
The actual country’s founding in 1776 was. Far from religious, and many of the founding fathers were not religious or outright anti religion
Bring religious should be a disqualification. You have a higher master you serve. You can’t be trusted to put the country and the citizens first.
I imagine they weren’t being serious
Religious beliefs are not disqualifying, but if that’s your whole way of being, you should not hold public office. Render unto Caesar.