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[–] sr_388@mastodon.social 5 points 1 year ago

@jeffw Johnson wishes to wipe his unwashed ass with the Constitution and Bill of Rights. These people belong on a secluded island in the middle of the ocean where they can duke it out and leave everyone else out of it. Fuck these people.

marvelous~

another wokening bullshit that he pulled out from his ass.

his awareness, or the lack of, that there's a multitude of faiths where he's serving is very entertaining.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


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” of government.

People misunderstand it,” Johnson said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when asked about him praying on the House floor.

In his reply, Jefferson said that the First Amendment, which bars Congress from prohibiting free exercise of a religion, built “a wall of separation between Church & State.”

Johnson argued that “faith, our deep religious heritage and tradition is a big part of what it means to be an American” in his comments Tuesday.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) faced backlash last year after she said she believes “the church is supposed to direct the government.”

“I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk — that’s not in the Constitution,” Boebert said at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, Colo. “It was in a stinking letter and it means nothing like they say it does.”


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[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Republicans uphold defend and support the Constitution. Also a misnomer

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sure would be nice to have them have that conversation with the actual writers of the constitution.

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