The separation of church and state is one of the cornerstones of America’s foundation. Conservative Christian fundamentalists have sought to crush this cornerstone in the hopes of establishing Christianity as the state religion, an action that would threaten the rest of the foundation that makes u[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jefferson’
The Trump family demonstrates why America shuns hereditary rule
The Founding Fathers had a horror of this sort of thing. They were right[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Quotes of the Founders
“I am for freedom of religion and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another.” ~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry, January 26, 1799[...]
Both Democrats and Republicans, Carter said, “look upon this unlimited money as a great benefit to themselves.”
The United States is now an “oligarchy” in which “unlimited political bribery” has created “a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors.” Jimmy Carter: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery” According to the former president, A[...]
A Boon to Trump’s Churches
The Johnson Amendment is a 1954 federal law (named for sponsor and then-Senator LBJ) prohibiting churches and charities from endorsing political candidates, at the risk of losing their tax exempt status. Donald Trump has vowed to “destroy” the law, which would be a boon to some of the ch[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The True History of Dinosaurs
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SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Quotes of the Founders
“Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.” ~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814,[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Quotes of the Founders
“I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibit the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state.” ~Founding Father Th[...]
Alt Right Antisemitism
“Trying to create a global, manipulative Jewish monster which can be blamed for all the evils and problems” Demonization of George Soros throughout Europe recalls anti-Semitic conspiracy theories of yore *** HAARETZ.COM[...]