The Separation Of Church & State Is Eroding
Вставка
- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Use code LEEJA50 to get 50% OFF your first Factor box plus 20% off your next month at bit.ly/3J0Z3DJ! | Trump is selling bibles and our lawmakers are quoting scripture. The Supreme Court is supporting prayer in public schools and public dollars being funnels to religious academies. It has all of you wondering in my comments section: what about the separation of church and state??? To which I say: WHAT separation???? Today I'm unpacking the LONG history of the separation of church and state and how its been done away with in a few short years.
🎙️Listen to the podcast version of every episode here: leejamiller.podbean.com/
👑 Patreon: / leejamiller
👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: leejamillermerch.com/
📃Learn the US Constitution the EASY way, with Smartass Civics from Leeja Miller ➡️ smartasscivics.com
_________________
CREDITS:
Produced by Leeja Miller
Production Assistance, Research, and Writing by Victoria Marchiony
Video Intro by Ayoub: www.behance.net/ayoubanimator
Shelf Art by Mira Mariah/Girl Knew York: www.girlknewyork.com/
_________________
𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗠𝗘
👑 Patreon: / leejamiller
👕 Merch: leejamillermerch.com/
✨ Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls...
𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗘
📷 Instagram: / leejamiller
🐦 Twitter: / leejamiller
🤳🏻 TikTok: vm.tiktok.com/ZMdPrpN7c/
🖥 Website: www.leejamiller.com
📧 E-mail: contact@tablerock.com
💌 Snail Mail:
40 S 7th Street
Suite 212 -136
Minneapolis, MN 55403
___________________
𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦
THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE - Everything contained on this channel is meant solely for entertainment and informational purposes. Nothing herein should be considered legal advice nor does anything on this channel create an attorney-client relationship of any sort. Please seek guidance from a licensed attorney before making any legal decision.
COPYRIGHT - Any use of copyrighted content on this channel constitutes fair use pursuant to 17 U.S. Code § 107 as it is utilized for the purpose of criticism, comment, or news reporting allowed under that statute. See, e.g., Monster Communications, Inc. v. Turner Broadcasting Sys. Inc., 935 F.Supp. 490 (S.D. N.Y., 1996); SOFA Entertainment, Inc. v. Dodger Productions, Inc., No. 2:08-cv-02616 (9th Cir. Mar. 11, 2013); Equals Three, LLC v. Jukin Media, Inc., 14-09041 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 13, 2015).
AFFILIATE LINKS - This description may include affiliate links that allow me to make a small profit (at no extra cost to you!) on purchases made through them. I only include links to products I genuinely recommend.
For many, Freedom of Religion is the freedom to push YOUR beliefs on other people.
There should be no Freedom of Religion.
Yep. And therein lies the crux of the problem. If religious people could just live and let live, then it would be fine. They just aren't capable of minding their own darn business, and that's why they need to be stopped.
@Kushagra So are you a Reddit atheist or Christian nationalist?
Islam stones to death woman who take off the burka. Islam will throw homosexuals off buildings. But you woke liberals don’t have balls to call out Islam.
That's because for those people they want freedom for their religion to supersede everyone else's wants... These people don't like freedom of religion as a concept, unless it's benefiting them and their agenda.
Personally I believe religious institutions should be taxed
I am not really sure why they are not. The catholic church is a billion dollar enterprise. What are they using all of that dough on? 18 meter tall gold statues? Probably.
Not taxed but held accountable for the money they control.
I believe religious institutions should be non-profits. If they don't want to commit to the same standards as non-profits then they should be able to choose to be taxed instead.
@@taiwanisacountryThe Catholic Church is the biggest Charitable Institution in the world and the Vatican operates under a deficit most of the time. There is not a single "18-meter tall gold statue" in any cathedral in the world. FFS the Pope lives in a small apartment in Rome, not some Royal Palace.
100%
As someone who was raised religious and attended Catholic school, I can anecdotally confirm that being Christian doesn't positively correlate with being moral.
Not at all. Not even a little bit.
I second that, even though I’m from a different country.
Since many zealous Christians view morality strictly through the lens of their god, it doesn’t matter what evil acts are done, they are moral no matter what by virtue of being Christian. It’s a very “might makes right” lens of morality where those with more power (ie their God and their pastors) are the arbiters of morality.
I’d argue fundamentalist Christians are some of the most immoral people on earth
Everyone has good intentions. Good intentions ≠ good outcomes.
@@ConspiracyCon578
I would reword this a little. Not everybody has good intentions. But even for those who do, it doesn’t mean a good outcome.
Religion and government should NEVER be mixed or integrated. Period.
I am a nurse. I work hard to care for ALL people the way they deserve. The people I care for come from all cultural and economic backgrounds. That is how our government should function. To care for ALL citizens! Not just the small (comparatively) amount of people that say they believe in a certain religion that they want to shove onto everyone else.
I work hard to promote positivity and peace.
I believe that if we work to build up everyone around us to be their best, we will always be our best.
Im an athiest and have far more good morals than those who are trying to run our country.
it doesn't matter if people decide to check out in the next election. the courts are everything and Mitch Mcconnell undertook that. Too bad, many on the left do not understand it.
I think there are some exceptions, like I think Chaplains make sense for people who want their Last Rites. And I think it's good to have representation from a variety of groups and backgrounds. That's not exclusive to religious people either
But if your religion is somehow going to stop you from doing your job properly and there aren't reasonable accommodations that can be made, then yeah, those people ought to find somewhere else to work
@@msjkrameymost nurses are trained to practice cultural competence.
You can acknowledge people beliefs without letting it effecting your care.
If someone needs a blood transfusion and they are a practicing Jehovah witness we can’t force them to receive blood without their consent.
Humans beings are here for a small amount of time and you think your morals are good enough. Justice is complicated and the whole purpose of being a moral person by being God-fearing is that God knows absolute morality.
Conservatives and cherry picking the past to justify cruelty. Name a more iconic duo.
@user-ll3kc4kq2d The cruelty to towards trans people, gay people, black people, all of whom are discriminated against for not fitting into the "correct mould", as such. This despite them being human, ergo, deserving human rights.
@user-ll3kc4kq2d Conservatives have far more power than I'd like. I'm also not blind to the faults of capitalism, given it is a system designed to prioritize profit over people.
@@shadowldrago Black people? They are the majority. Whites are the minority proven by statistics. Every black christians would know this. Plus I'm from Michigan. I would know. Come to racist Detroit for evidence...come for the culture shock.
@user-ll3kc4kq2dlil bro said centuries ago 💀 didn’t even watch the video
@@shadowldragoThis is a White country
If church and state are not separate well these mega churches can start paying taxes
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has an investment fund of $100 _billion_ that they’ve been hoarding instead of spending on charitable causes like the church told their members.
The separation of church and state simply means the government can't take over religion or recognize one over another. If that's a fact then Planned parenthood should start paying up too.
I get being mad at mega churches but why would they have to pay taxes in that case?
@@msjkramey he is to dense to realize churches are non profits who operate on donations... 😂😂
@@msjkramey he is unaware that they are non profits that rely on donations.. real question is why does Planed Parenthood not pay taxes and get federal funding?
I’m so sick of being saturated with the Christian mythology and hypocrisy!!
@user-ll3kc4kq2d what did Jesus look like?
@user-ll3kc4kq2d
Myths come and go. The Jesus mythology is a copy of a copy of previous mythologies. See Mithras and other middle eastern mythologies.
@user-ll3kc4kq2d What "Truth"?
That your religion is a lie? Because people are definitely waking up to that.
@user-ll3kc4kq2d scimitars were made for christians necks
@user-ll3kc4kq2d Your fairy tale is fiction. :) Cry about it
I hate this political climate so much. I just want to exist and not have to worry about having my life upended in the next election.
There needs to be a complete separation of religion and government. This is getting very out of hand.
Getting out of hand ? Things have been well and out of hand for decades because of religious nut bars.
It's high time we put down our feet and say no more to this madness
The U.S. Constitution and very early SCOTUS rulings contain explicit references to the Christian faith.
A “complete separation” would be un-American.
@@UndertakerU2berstrongly disagree but many people on both sides of religion and non religion agree it’s usually bad for both.
@@UndertakerU2berwhat is un-american is trying to keep everything exactly as it was when the country was founded. The founding fathers left things open for change. Democratic process is what is American. If the majority wants a complete separation of church and state, then that is exactly what should happen.
@@UndertakerU2berwho gives a fuck? That doesn't mean its moral to force religious beliefs of a population that doesn't want them.
“God” still shows up on money. Courts still swear on the bible.
That always baffled me
I've had to testify in court several times and each time I refuse to be sworn in on the christian bible. I affirm instead. You wouldn't believe how often it leads to more strict scrutiny, and how often even judges tend to disregard your testimony because of it. They would rather I lie as a condition for my testimony to be taken at face value, which defeats the entire purpose of it.
It's mindboggling.
God was the first beanscounter ever and modeled all beanscounters by his ego, or something like that.
Technically, they’re required to swear on A bible, not The Bible. Lowercase vs uppercase B.
It should reflect the person’s religion or lack of religion, to show the court that the individual stands by their words. It could be a Bible, Torah, Quran, or even a signed copy of The Amazing Spiderman issue #001 if that is something your beliefs dictate.
I don’t like that it is still a loose link, but it’s not one that mandates a specific religion. It’s just like that the majority of the time because of what the most common religion is.
I always cross it off on dollar bills.
@@stevel3620I’m gonna swear on “the Grapes of Wrath” in that case
The fact that our tax dollars now have to go to tax-exempt religious schools is BS.
wait, the religous schools, that dont pay taxes, are getting the money? Is that actually happening?
@@zelahmataoftheheavensyes, oh they call it "school vouchers". Just a big giveaway to private and parochial schools. Meanwhile taking money out of the already underfunded public schools.
I don't believe tax dollars should go to any schools.
Super Christian and super liberal here! Separation of church and state is very important and needs to be maintained! I'm so disappointed in my fellow Christians who are being duped by the Religious Right in this country (and really, all over the world). It's very upsetting and also prophesied by Jesus in the Bible. I think it's in or around Matthew 25, if anyone is interested; it's some scary stuff.
Specific verse?
@@JacobNintendoNerd99 It's likely that they are talking about Matthew 26:63-65 (or somewhere around there)
I've studied the whole bible. prophecy about that was in all of the book Revelation.
“Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself”- George Carlin
Hell, even Jesus told his disciples to pray in secret so God would reward them openly, and that people who "stand on street corners" and pray "that they may be seen by men" already have their reward (attention).
Thou shalt keep thy _______to thyself. And away from children!
Preach!
@@noelbrown6771 “When Jesus said, suffer the little children, cum unto me.”, that’s not what he was talking about!”
That’s not freedom of religion. That’s freedom to worship. Which is a second-class “right”.
It's so frustrating that I won't ever live in a time where humanity has moved on from religion.
May we all be (consensually) touched by their noodly appendage
Ditto! We’ll see if humanity can even survive religion.
I hate that the separation of church and state is becoming less and less. Politics and religion just don't mix well. History has proven that.
Oh they mix well, the end product is lots of blood 😂
Religion in the us is one big grift. It's just crazy that people don't see it.
That's why they align so well with the right wing, because that too is one big grift.
Not just the USA
Yeppp, nailed it. This blows my mind more and more year after year. Fear is a STRONNNNG motivator 😩
And yet when many outlets were saying Trump was a grifter in 2015, not too many saw that either.
Religion in general is one big grift!
As a person from a fully atheist family raised in a major secular city in Eastern Ukraine and now living in Berlin where the majority of the people identify as non-religious, America seems like some kind of experiment or perverted simulation of a country. As I watched a documentary film about christian nationalism, it was a pure culture shock for me. When I told my friend about it she did not even believe that christian nationalism CAN be a thing. It all seems delusional, and yet we here in Europe decide to rely on America and hope you will defend us. If Trump wins and y'all go crazy completely, we`re cooked.
If trump wins, I’m staying in Greece… just send me my
Social Security check here!
Ah nononononon, have some hope we got unfettered access to firesticks, granted the bad guys have more and better training, but there's technically more of us... Doesn't take a lot to take on 4 untrained guys at a time but we'll be fiiiiiiiine
*Raised in Western Russia.
Fixed that for you.
Nothing good will happen on November 5 2024.
Irreligious people are non-religious. Atheists are religious. Religions don't require gods to be religions.
I never understood the Evangelical Right, Jesus was all about helping and loving the poor, hungry, disabled, outcast. He would feed 10 people just in case one was going hungry. He flipped a table when banks were trying to take advantage of people. He was anti-capitalist and pro social responsibility to support, love and respect all members of society. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." -Galatians 3:28
True. Jesus looked out for the marginalized first, yet these people who claim to follow Jesus are doing marginalization.
The evangelical movement doesn't really believe in Christian values. They just like the concept as a vehicle to spread fear and raise money.
It's really a shame that Christianity is viewed so negatively because the most visible "Christians" are spreading hatred and intentionally working for evil. They are like the religious leaders who hated Jesus and did everything in their power to eventually crucify him.
Yep.. I grew up thinking very negatively of religion in general because the people were so blatantly fake and I don't like fake people. It wasn't until later that I learned about Jesus.. he actually sounds pretty awesome. The religious people I meet are the opposite of Jesus. They are often judgemental, oppressive, and even cruel. I am terrified of those types of people being in control. So full of hate... it's terrifying.
@@red_panda4282 those people are hypocrites
Every day I find it harder to hold hope in this hellscape
It's crazy how all roads lead us back to white nationalism.
What exact roads are you talking about?
They built the roads
@@evanlaney5806stares in disbelief
Como les gusta hablar mierda
@@evanlaney5806the institution of slavery, the genocide of Native Americans, the anti-Chinese immigration laws, Japanese internment camps, the bombings and coups of Middle Eastern n Latin American countries, Christian Nationalism, Neonazism, Zionism. The list goes on.
Can't have fascism without flags and crosses.
Of course you can have, you can apply the method even to business. It's a method to control ppl and not a political direction. To create fear and confusion you don't need flags, but you need to seperate the ppl. To lead the sheeple to a war you don't need a flag you need an enemy image.
It works in small scale as well in big scale the same.
@@Gernot66 Basically, you just said "You don't need X, you can use X instead." Religion is a control mechanism. So is nationalism. Both are forms of tribalism. To have an "enemy image" you have to establish an "us vs them" paradigm. For that, the "In Group" must be defined. That's where the flag and cross enter the picture. For Fascism, the flag is a necessity. The cross is also a valuable control mechanism, so it gets used every single time. Even in oligarchic USSR, which is usually proclaimed to be "atheist" the church rose back to prominence because they needed it to herd the masses.
On the contrary, the Middle East exists. As do China and North Korea. This really only stands when regarding American fascism.
I mean, Japan did it with just flags. They're efficient like that.
*American fascism
“Faith is believing what you know ain’t so”. Mark Twain
I'm Christian and believe in separation of church and state. I don't have a problem with people expressing their faith but the country should not be run by a religion.
People are pushing for more Christian morals as a pushback towards how bad the left has been acting these last few years
I'm an atheist democrat. And I hope trump wins against you to kick out the filthy cult of wokeness
It's almost funny how much our history just keeps repeating. No one learned anything from the past.
Sting has a song “history will teach us nothing” great song and message
thats what happens when christian nationalists tear down our education systems
"The most important lesson to learn from history is that no one ever learns from history."
"History may not repeat, but it often rhymes."
Because people don’t look deeper. We are taught a short version of history, barely touching the surface, the small details are often ignored, they don’t see an exact 1:1 comparison so they write it off. Doesn’t help most schools don’t teach kids why it’s important to understand history, nor do most kids care in that moment
People are mammals,
Project 2025 is terrifying.
Tell me about it.
Am reading it now…it is ridiculously scary and many people are not taking it seriously…
@@mandingaprincess They should take it seriously because it is the embodiment of everything we've stood against since the 1960s.
I remember thinking that The Handmaid's Tale was a bit ridiculous when it first came out. Turns out, not so much.
Most Americans have never even heard of Project 2025. People just don't care about saving democracy.
Religion is used for power and control
Religion ruins everything. I have the T-shirt.
The matrix it is a system of control the rich invented religion to control the poor because the poor outnumbered them
Edit: has anyone else noticed that the major religion have nothing to say about the destruction of the Earth a gift from God have you noticed the Vatican has nothing to say about any war anywhere?
I agree with you 100% as an ex evangelical who has been out of that cult for 2 years I had enough experience in that cult where they cause trauma, confusion questionable morals, they call for violence, they love politics, and degrade people who are not them and put fear in non believers to them force them in and keep them under their control with that fear. I'm proud to be an atheist
The matrix a system of control religion was invented by the rich to control the poor because the poor outnumbered them!
You’re wrong. I believe in God and HE blessed me with everything you envy.
As a Pastafarian, we should all praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster. R’amen.
Omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am thinking of becoming bi- religious... Buddhist and Pastafarian. I could use a little satire and comfort food.
@@RowenaSnow-px3jg Zen with some Parmesan sounds great
@frodotheewok Soka Gakkai actually, but thanks.
@@RowenaSnow-px3jg Soka Noodles then
Mistaking Christianity as Morality is the biggest grift since Capitalism is Our Only Answer came onto the scene.
Growing up in the US in a public school as a nonChristian was annoying because of how often I had to grit my teeth and recite some shit about god
I was a teenager when I encountered a school board candidate, who was stumped when I asked him why our city’s public schools allowed Catholic students to leave the school and attend religious classes _during_ _the_ _school_ _day_ while the rest of the students just twiddled their thumbs because teachers could not continue classroom instruction in the absence of the Catholic students.
He said something to the effect of, “Huh. I’d never thought about it like that.” Cool. Sounds like he’d fit right in with that school board…
I simply stopped reciting the pledge starting in middle school.
100% agree
I would grit my teeth every time they would talk about evolution. So that makes two of us.
Materialism is a religious belief.
@@BrianReplies 1. Evolution has nothing to do with materialism?? 2. I'm sure ufo conspiracy theorists grit their teeth when studying Egyptian history, too. Gonna have some real ground down teeth if you continue to refuse to incorporate provable scientific fact into your religious beliefs....
If you have to legislatively force the people to say things like "Under God" and "In God We Trust," it means that you have no faith whatsoever in God's power. It naturally follows that you don't believe in Him yourself. Your gods are power and money, and absolutely nothing else.
I'd say that it's indoctrination because atheists and people of other religious beliefs are confronted by other people's beliefs constantly. Either/or. You should be able to believe in whatever you want to and other the opposite without being compelled to confront it.
Everytime a politician uses Christian language, makes me wonder when’s the last time they went to church. Especially when they get caught with a S worker🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ G Bless Leeja😇
What does going to church have to do with hiring "help"? Lol
I was watching this for about 20 min before my blood was boiling over. My absolute hatred for religion is palpable by others. I cant even properly express the level of vitriol I have for faith based anything.
Am I an extremist in that respect? Almost certainly.
It is an endless source of comedy and pain, that fundamentalist christians are so self obsessed, consistently treating themselves or their community leaders in the manner of ancient idols, while constantly quoting the literal line in their book barring the worship of idols.
Exactly. They blasphemy and fail to practice what they preach. They only use religion to justify their cruelty because there is no other logical, or articulable, reason they can use. They are either the wolf in sheep's clothing (the false Shepard), daft ignorant fools, mentally ill, or lacking in much physical riches so they become zealots.
@@nates9105 precisely. Having been raised by and around christians who actually live by the values that they raised me on, it is always a trip to see how the fundamentalists twist things while being so utterly disingenuous or ignorant of the primary claims of their book. (This is not to say christianity is inherently good nor the books claims themselves, just that moral consistency eludes the hate preachers so utterly, and that they are actively making it harder for the genuine folks to actually just live their lives, because it creates a feeling of responsibility since these hate mongers are proclaiming to share their religion)
@@Flemrora
From my own observations of fundamentalists in the US, they possess a very “might makes right” view on morality. Since God is the highest authority, whatever he dictates is “just.” Hate preachers are viewed as moral by their followers not because of their empathy or kinder, but because of their authority and their willingness to “fight.”
The wall between Church and State has always had a few holes in it. Indigenous peoples of this nation were not allowed to practice their religious ceremonies until *1978*. Yes, that’s right … we didn’t have religious freedom in the U.S. until 1978. So if you’ve ever wondered why there aren’t any annual powwows more than 45 years, that’s the reason.
Also, the government paid churches to assimilate Native people in boarding schools. It’s hand in glove, not a wall.
Thank you for saying this
Once this cosmic simulation reboots, we won’t have to worry about Christianity ever again.
That’s why it’s so important to protect minorities.
@@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh
Tbh, I think creation myths will ALWAYS be a part of human culture (or even sentient life culture as a whole). It all depends on just how much said myths influence/ control said culture.
The fact we are now legislating hypotheticals, shows how removed from the process of government people really are, and that the United States has hit a new low in our justice system.
Time to stack the court! I cannot live the Handmaid's Tale.
They need to claim God is on their side because the people are not on their side
Now that's a word!!
Nailed it
Authoritarians do not "forget" they live with other people. They want people to live and exist by their standards in order to feel comfortable with themselves.
They do forget that the others won't accept being forced into something.
@@Maddiedoggie
What’s even more egregious is that they can not comprehend others not wanting to live exactly like them.
Ive seen what yall do with freedom and its pretend they thems are real which isnt acceptable or real life so your rights are gonna have to be fictional too
@@J-manlii fully understand i just dont care what you prog slop consuming artards want.
Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!! The daily Jesus devotion has been a huge part of my transformation. God is Good 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌was owing a loan of £47k to the bank for my son's brain surgery(Samuel). Now I am no longer owning after I invested £6500 and got my payout of £290k every month, God bless Sandrina Edmondson 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hello how do you make such monthly, I am a born again Christian and sometimes I feel so down 🙁of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God.
You'll surely reach her
she's active on What's
app
美國 十 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟴𝟯𝟱𝟭𝟭𝟳𝟰𝟯👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️ 十
大家大家大家大家大家大家大家大家大家大家 copie desta forma O UA-cam é frustrante
Tell her that I referred you🙏🏿🙏🏿
Christianity seems to have had more history as a tool than just a faith.
For as much as I support the separation of church and state, I'm surprised at how many discussions about this issue completely ignore the Indian Residential Schools, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, or H.R. 4230. How white Christians treated indigenous religious beliefs repeatedly revealed how limited the concept of "religious freedom" is in the U.S., no matter what our Bill of Rights says.
It's not really a surprise. Even the 13th amendment doesn't do what it's often taught to do. The 13th amendment actually ENSHRINED slavery in our country. It just put a caveat, that the slave needs to have been convicted of a crime.
With such twisted things being taught compared to what actually happened.... Yeah, this country is messed up
Hmm I’m not surprised that those are ignored.
Words are just words if there is no conviction of belief.
Thomas Jefferson said "...all men are created equal."
Yet, he had slaves.
The words and actions don't line up.
Unfortunately, this happens a lot in America. And people will bend over backwards to make excuses for it.
@@awilliams765 America is big on cognitive dissonance and trying to achieve cognitive consistency by trivialization, moral dissonance and effort justification ever since it’s founding.
To be fair, the US didn't really view non-Abrahamic religions as "real" religions (and they're still iffy on Judaism and Islam, if we're being honest). The government didn't even truly believe that indigenous people were really _people_ who should have the same rights as the rest of us. American treatment of indigenous people has been one of the most consistent tragedies throughout our history. Our country was economically dependent on our ability to dehumanize people kidnapped from the African continent for _centuries._ I don't think we should expect a lot of moral internal consistency from the US, even now.
Our national motto is "in God we trust" I wouldn't mind changing that, But conservatives would freak out
The freak out is worth it. I bet they Iost their minds when sIavery was largely outlawed
It was added in the 50's
They are natural pearl-clutchers who freak out about everything under the sun, so they don't even matter when it comes to this.
@@Omneyvdwatering it has appeared on currency since the 1860s however
@@Omneyvdwatering exactly and even the reason it was added is hypocritical.....
It's honestly so frustrating. As someone with Christian-based religious trauma, it's gut-wrenching that the only places around me for food assistance (food pantries, food banks) or community support are all churches or faith-based. One of them is... the Salvation Army. Yikes. I'm a disabled transgender person, I can barely afford food, but I'd rather go hungry than be re-traumatized and forced to listen to some preaching when I just want to eat. We need more community support that is not religion-based. It's so deeply interwoven it just makes so many places feel unsafe.
You need social programs, a universal healthcare system, and a regular welfare state. It's disgraceful and undignified what you are going through. I send you tons of warm energy your way from Denmark.
Most of the big charities in the world are religious. Take religion away, and most of that support goes away too.
I remember my time at small high school in the suburbs back in 02-06. Our football coach had us pray at every single game, on the field, to make sure everybody saw us. I opted out and was completely ostracized from the group. The same school also allowed multiple church/christian/bible clubs. When I asked to form a secular club, I was shot down and told they would never allow such a thing. This was a public school. This shit has been going on forever in small country/suburb schools. It's just getting a lot of steam and headway b/c of things like the supreme court and the psychotic maga movement trying to make us into a fascist theocracy.
Have we ever actually had a true separation of Church and State? Ask any queer person in America, you'll get a clear answer.
As a teenager I was in a conversion camp. Nothings changed. I’m only 26 btw.
Don’t act like it can’t get worse. they do want to make it worse.
Bigots and politicians are known to use religion to disguise their bigotry towards minorities and to control people. Religion's the opium of the vulgar masses.
It was better 10ish years ago, but technically no.
-a queer person.
No, but if even part of the Project 2025 plan gets enacted, that problem will get significantly worse.
Please make a video on the Supreme Court justices and their ties to billionaires, Jan 6th, etc.!! A lot of people don’t understand how fucked we are 😭😭
The Puritans left/were chased out of England because no one could stand them!
If only separation of gender/sexuality and state was law, this country could start to heal.
I think secular Americans really need to get politically organized. The religious right has usurped power in this country through decades of organizing, lobbying and motivating their cult members to vote en mass. Secularism needs to be a coherent and highly organized movement
Personally, I favor French style secularism more than any other
Secularism by its nature favors individuality, so you’d need to focus it on a specific cause to be FOR, not just “against”. Otherwise a group of people rarely gets focused.
We really DO need to better educate Christians that just because God is not forced, doesn’t take him from THEM. You’ll never convince the leadership, they already know, you need to educate the rank and file.
This is something that really bothers me to no end. Church and State are suppose to be separate, but all of a sudden we have all these religious nuts on the Supreme Court, a large portion of congress, and Donald Trump who really needs to stop pushing religion because if he said the name of Jesus he would burst into flames. This country has many peoples and many religions not just one. We all have different moral belief systems and having people who have just one ruling our country is a big problem.
The rise in Christian Nationalism is sadly in direct response to Christianity (and religion as a general whole) becoming less popular. But instead of reshaping their way of thinking to appeal to the newer generation, the old guard want to violently seize political to uphold their dying “kingdoms.” It’s a tale as old as time really, where a king seeks ever more power for himself through whatever means necessary to maintain his control over his subjects.
This why a nail in the coffin for me choosing a candidate is how they list religion as a thing that qualifies them for office. I live in the south, so no one is going to openly state secularism or anything other than Christianity in their bios. But if they just list *being a member* of a church as experience and not something relevant (like being treasurer, leading a group, holding a position where they were responsible for people) as a qualification, I won't vote for them unless the other option is even worse. But between two mostly even candidates if one just lists "member of X church" as a qualification, they lose my vote.
Their version of religious freedom will inevitably require a new church of england enforced to avoid conflict. We are headed toward a dystopia.
"God created the remington so man could fight the dinosaurs and homosexuals"...
I mean, the idea that the gays and dinos would be on the same side seems plausible.
I prefer "God made Man, John Browning made them equal"
Dinosaurs are cool, transphobia isn’t! (credit to UA-cam’s Jammidodger ☺️)
Conservatives still living in the stone age
Here’s what Google has to say about being sworn in in court; “No, a judge cannot require a witness to swear on a Bible in court because the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from forcing people to perform religious acts. Instead, most state and federal court systems allow witnesses to choose between an oath or an affirmation. An affirmation is a secular alternative to an oath that is equally binding from a legal perspective. To give an affirmation, a witness should simply "solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm" that they will tell the truth. If a witness wants to give an affirmation instead of an oath, they should let the person administering the oath know in advance.”
“Clenched their collective butthole…”😂🤣🤣🤣…Leeja, your writing is SO damn funny and good!!
With fewer people identifying as religious, why are these politicians allowed to do this without repercussions on election day?
Money
Campaign funds. Like AIPAC and the Evangelical church funds a lot of politicians. The lobbyists want a return for their money and they're getting it.
.
It's hard to believe but everything she said is fully researched and referenced. Watch the video again and your question will be answered. Vote Blue To Keep Religion out of Government! Unless you want gaetz, bobert and mtg in the exam room with you and your wife!🇺🇸
beacuse the religious body may be small but they are loud and rich and willing to throw it around. allow I thing generally religion sews upward with age witch means our old ass government is naturally more religious
Get in here honey, new Leeja video about how Ronald Reagan screwed us just dropped!
I'm only at the intro, but I have no doubt this video is about to be amazing!
Past-me was correct. This video was awesome.
That's So Reagan [catchy jingle]
As a Christian, I think it’s obvious we need separation of church and state. I follow my religion because I choose to. I genuinely believe in it. And no government could ever make me start believing in any other fundamentally different religion, even if it forces me to practice it. So what makes American conservatives think they can force Christianity on people who simply don’t believe in it? If anything, it just makes people resent the Christian institution for taking away their freedom to choose and think for themselves, making them less likely to become actual Christians and more distrustful of the state at the same time.
Let me say this in a way they might understand: AS A CHRISTIAN, I want separation of Church and State. It doesn't just protect the minority religions. Religious identification and church attendance are declining. That's okay; it's their choice, but it does mean that we're not going to be the majority forever, and I want to set a precedent of respect & understanding. Plus, didn't God tell us to love our neighbor? So even if we get nothing in return, we should be doing the right thing
Plus, my church (and many other churches) approve of same-sex marriage and abortion/reproductive rights and divorce and just women's rights in general. My mom was a Deacon and I grew up with a female Pastor
I grew up in Maryland. We had a heavy Druid influence in this state that you can still see today. Not only is there still a large Pagan/Druid population, but the history is right out in the open. There's Druid Hill Park right in the heart of Baltimore. If you travel to the Baltimore Zoo you drive thru the park to get to the gates of the zoo. Take a stroll through the park & the carved tree statues are Viking Gods.
Throughout Maryland there are places like Odenton (Odin Town), Satyr Road, Freya Street etc.
The really cool thing about growing up in the Chesapeake Bay Region though is seeing the proof of religious tolerance that our founding father's had. For instance, my grandparents lived in Easton, right down the street from Third Haven Meeting House. This is the oldest Quaker meeting house in the country & its still in service.
William Penn used to worship here when he was in town.
Those same grandparents that lived near Third Haven were a prime example of the religious freedom & tolerance of the region. He was Christian & she was Pagan. A Water Witch from a long line of water witches. 2 of her brothers even started their own well digging business.
They don't understand that to maintain religious freedom, the government (which has enforcement powers) must be secular. What happens when the government endorses a brand of Christianity that's not their brand. They don't see how this is extremely dangerous to the practice of their own faiths.
Ask Ireland how that went and they only had two major religions
@@trappedinamerica7740I would say that we would see the same as we see in India right now, with Hindus ending Muslims in the street and then being released from prison by the regional governor.
Vatican, USA
Most people tend to favor authoritarian ideas when they perceive that the authoritarian system would favor their own ideas and cultural values.
One final word. I suggest reading "The Myth of Persecution" by Candida R. Moss. The concept that Christianity is under attack and facing imminent demise has been around since that religion's founding. Dr. Moss, who actually used to teach religious studies at Notre Dame, faced multiple death threats for deigning to suggest differently.
No better grift than projection and victimhood.
They're scared they'll be treated like how they treated others
If you are good because you fear punishment for being bad, are you really good?
Why dose it seem like things just keep on getting worse and worse in the U.S why can't every one just respect each other.
Because most people do not think for themselves. They question nothing. They are tumbleweed in the winds. They're very easily told what to think and who to hate
@@taylorbug9this.
Weak minded people who cannot lead or think for themselves and follow the one that tells them what they want to hear.
@@maidenthe80sla which happens when you’re not keep properly funding the education system, and we are seeing the results when people of power are preying on the weak critical-thinking people.
asset forfeiture?
The real reason is a representative democracy cannot continue if each voter has less influence than 100,000 in policy funding. That's why it's so important to critique law that asserts itself as moral. There is a lot of misdirection so an example: If it's illegal to protest/organize against austerity measures and war than you are not being recognized as a full citizen. It's dehumanizing and demoralizing for an entire country.
People can only blame their neighbors for so much before the neighborhood watch gets the middle finger.
These folks have convinced themselves The First Amendment guarantees them the right to use their public office to promote their religious beliefs.
How about their gender ideology can we put a stop to that as well? Talking to 7 year olds about their gender and sexuality is pretty weird dont ya think?.. I would rather a fictional character who promotes being a decent person over the pushing sex on kids personally.
@@gr8wytbuflo370can you explain whats wrong with talking about gender to kids?
@@rennoc6478 you see no problem with talking about sex to little kids?
And the first Amendment does give people no matter thier position to promote their beliefs.. Just like people use thier rights to cram race a LGBTQ in your face at every turn.
@@gr8wytbuflo370 I don't see the relationship between gender and reproduction, also I never stated my views I'm just attacking yours until they either make sense or don't. Now can you explain why talking about gender to kids is wrong?
As a Christian, I WANT a clear separation of church and state - There must be.
Scripture says when you pray,don't stand on the street corners as the Pharisees and hypocrites do,but when you pray,go into your closets and pray to your father above.That football coach was firmly praying at the corners of vanity and pride.This was one intense crash course Leeja,you bring extreme focus on this issue,at a time when intense focus is crucial.
Mormons and Muslims don't practice polygamy, they practice polygyny (a man with a harem). Polygamy is equal, any number of men and women and is not practiced by any religion because all religions are sexist. There is nothing sexist or immoral about polygamy.
To be fair, polygamy is still a loaded term and very much implies your definition of polygyny. I'm polyamourous and much prefer that term to describe love beyond just one person.
Polygamy is more than one spouse with no other details. There are separate terms for one wife and multiple husbands, one husband multiple wives, and multiple husbands and wives.
Polygyny is a specific type of polygamy. It’s still polygamy the same way an oak is still a tree even though it’s also called an “oak.”
I worked with a guy that thought Canada would be a better country if it was run by the church. I laughed out loud. Having spent almost 3 years in Dublin and a few months is Belfast and very familiar with the history of Ireland, I told him I couldn't think of a worse idea. Ireland is no long the catholic country it once was but the history and I don't just mean the troubles, but every aspect of Irish society was run by the church and it wasn't for the better.
Yeah I think about Ireland when I ask those that think religion should run the country, “which brand of Christianity would be in-charge and do you think the others would just let them?”
He could try to go and live in Dubai where you would need an alcohol license to buy alcohol and go to the special area of the shop that is illegal for any of the citizens.... Or maybe he wants a part of the Buddhist dictatorships?
Canada literally has a state church, though, there is no separation of church and state anywhere in our constitutional documents- many provinces openly fund religious private schools with taxpayer money!
Exactly. These people have never lived in a place where the sectarian fundamentalist extremists rule everything and inevitably causes sectarian strife. If they'd spent one day in the strife stricken places of the world suffering terribly because of sectarian fundamentalist versions of "religion" always at war, they wouldn't see organized "religion" as "the end of all troubles" but the cause of huge troubles. The Americans are extremely privileged to not have to gone through such colossal "religious" fueled turmoil so privileged they are willing to let the dominant sectarian fundamentalists shred the legitimate U.S.A. Constitution and bring these troubles upon us. The ignorance greed and stupidity is off the charts
@@trappedinamerica7740this is the issue with “Christian nationalism”. They’re going to step on the toes of denominations who don’t agree, which is ironically part of the reason why they began creating colonies in the americas. It’s like having a white ethnostate where there will always be a group of people who isn’t white enough. But in Christian nationalism there will always be a group of people that isn’t Christian enough
Australian Christian who takes my faith seriously here. There is so much truth in these videos!
I grew up crossing my fingers during the pledge because I didn’t believe in god, and if I refused to say the pledge I’d get sent to detention.
I stfg, the answer to every question asking "why is x so awful?" is always Ronald Regan.
That mf couldn’t stop himself
"Can you guess who- IT'S REAGAN IT'S ALWAYS REAGAN!" - Harry Explodyboy
@@SpoopySquidharriette implodywoman😈😈😈
I was born in Rhode Island, where the concept of freedom of religion was created by Roger Williams. The way most of America use religious freedom is so far removed from what was originally intended that it is indistinguishable from the original concept.
To quote the sage philosopher Jim Croce: "So now you turn your back on everything that you used to preach. It's let him live in freedom, if he lives like me."
Presciently sums up Republicans.
"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."
If I must protect and promote your religion, or non-religion, then, you must protect and promote my religion, or non-religion.
The joining of church and state ultimately hurts both. You can’t make the gospel a law as the two are absolutely opposed to each other. All that will come of this are more false prophets like the ones pushing this, and more self-deified politicians. We’ve been here before in history. This mindset is how we got there. Augustine was wrong. And if it continues, you won’t just see the non-religious oppressed but also believers who attempt to make theological arguments against the movement; the same people who have it out for the left are also the ones who have it out for the small groups of pastors and believers actively opposing them (namely the cessationists). It will be like pre-Reformation history but if more of the population were entirely secular.
For those convinced that there is no opposition within the conservative side Christianity, look at channels like The MessedUp Church or Chris Roseborough. They’re putting out content that opposes the various strains of theology that drive the Christian nationalist movement. Chris even ended up putting his warnings about CN on Rumble to avoid any penalties from the algorithm. The problem is that the opposition is drowned out, first by an overgeneralizing left and then again by the pro-nationalist right; it is a minority of a minority.
I would rather be a Christian in a pagan nation than one in a semi-Christian nation, not because Christianity is defective but because it was never designed to be used as a political force without serious corruption to its own core teachings.
I NEVER listen to politicians trying to tell me who to worship, or faith leaders trying to tell me who to vote for.
From Europe.. that is crazy
How can you mingle politics and religion ???
@AD-jq7ow I think we may of learned it from you all. Didn’t Europe have 100 years wars over religious denominations? That said we have mastered it 😂
There is no greater protection to religious freedom than secularism.
Amen!
Of all tj trends I’m seeing that I find deeply disturbing, this one troubles me the most. I’m seeing people substitute religion for real, analytical, critical thinking. Yes, I’m scared, and worse, I have no idea what the way back is. This is a catholic and I haven’t been to church in years because I’m disgusted by their treatment of LGBQT, and others. I simply cannot imagine or conceive of a god that favors some of his children but not others.
And to the rest of the so-called “Christians” where are you when it comes to helping your fellow man? Things like affordable healthcare and education, things that really make a difference, you decry. Shame on these hypocrites.
Coach Kennedy actually benched and ridiculed players that declined to participate in the praying. The court compleyely ignored that part
Its always weird to watch this as a citizen of (by far) mostly atheist secular country, even actually religious politicians here rarely talk about religion. Also I saw quite often american christians say that mostly atheist country would be full of psychopats randomly killing people, because atheists lack morality, although we are one of the safest countries in the world and generally atheists commit less crimes than christians...
What's your country?
@@FelipeOliveira-fj6hl The Czech republic
@@tefky7964 Great! I 'd like to visit Czech Republic 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿❤️
As an atheist in the United States I can also add that throughout my lifetime that ✝ who wear their religion on their sleeves have been 100% hypocrites, liars, racists, and cheats. Now to get myself to another country soon before this upcoming election and when this country finally implodes.
Very true. Meanwhile America, supposedly "God's chosen country" has so many mass shootings that the general public has become desensitized to them. So dystopian.
Was raised evangelic Christian, as I aged, I realized I couldn't believe in it, I couldn't believe in anything at all, so I don't care what anyone believes in, do what you want and let me live as I wish. Not having religion doesn't mean being inherently unethical, it just means you do follow any particular set of dogmas and rules based on a belief system, you just go by what you think as a human is right or wrong based on if it harms life or not. I was able to convince my HYPER religions 80 years old grandma to respect my choice of being a-religious, and to say she admires my courage to approach life with such a rational scientific mindset, that she could never be able to handle the evil in the world without some kind of belief to justify bad things happening, she recognizes I'm right in my perspective, and that doesn't invalidate the benefit she gets form her own beliefs. This is what respecting freedom of religion and lack there of is.
Amending my last response, I have heard numerous times that people left the church "because of those who stayed" as Churches were becoming more political as they got more political power. This was increasingly blasphemous in the eyes of "god" because they treat trump as the second coming and there was even a gold statue of him which is almost taken from the bible when the hebrews crafted a golden calf to worship which infuriated Moses. This is even in the 1st amendment "congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion".
It’s kinda sad how little project 2025 is brought up. As if it’s not the literal foundation to topple our democracy. And why isn’t anyone in the government doing anything to stop it and/or arrest those of the heritage foundation?
You are doing gods work
Young lady
I follow legal news pretty closely but I'm not a lawyer so all the cases and terminology just kind of swirl around chaotically in my brain. What I love about Leeja is she takes you on a throughline point by point which makes it digestable.
It’s all about control.
I don't understand why someone would want their religion to be the authority behind government. If government and religion are the same, you are not allowed to criticize the government. If their god is in charge of the government, then to criticize it is to criticize their god. Christianity has a troubled past with that idea. The end result is massive corruption with no accountability. Eventually it would lead to the end of the government and the religion. Besides, if their god is so all powerful and created the whole universe, someone needs to explain to me why a being of that power would give a shit about the government of a nation on some backwater planet where the shaven apes still haven't figured out how to get along.
I just love hearing Trump try to sound genuine while talking about "Gaaahd"
Thank you for this video Leeja. ❤
“Rebuild the wall, get it? 🤭”
As pointed out recently, the apparatus for a theocracy is only one Democrats loss away. This is perhaps the most sobering lesson of all. Thinking all this will go away with a win
in November for Biden, even a strong win is a fallacy.
Doesn’t all this make you wanna rewatch the Handmaids Tale?
I feel like you missed a couple of major points in your history lesson.
1.In the 17th century Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson founded Rhode Island on the principal of religious freedom. They were so radical that they even believed that it was wrong to compel any natives to give up their practices.
2. Church state separation actually begins at the state level not the federal following the American revolution Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison collaborated on drafting the Virginia statute for religious freedom as early as 1777 and became state law in 1786, supplanting a scheme promoted by Patrick Henry, which would have allowed the state to collect taxes and distribute the money to any church on behalf of citizens. Jefferson and Madison, however, took the state completely out of the business of financing churches. It was this law that Madison had in mind when he drafted the first amendment.
3. George Washington’s letter to the Truro Synagogue in Rhode Island where he explicitly stated his belief that US citizenship was not predicated on being Christian.
Waiting for the comment “not all Christian’s…”
Another factor in religious politicians being over represented is that conservative states themselves are overrepresented.
37:20 ~ You also have to think about that Election is on a Tuesday and the polls are open for less then 20 hours. Most younger generations work or go to college during that time period while the older population don’t work as much or in retirement. Plus the transportation factor comes into the play as well. The election should be 48 hours including polls open overnight on a Friday and Saturday in my opinion to really get the votes out there -OR- more flexibility to absentee voting where they have until the election date to put their ballots in a ballot box at key locations in a given area so people can even walk to vote. Bottom line the system needs to change.
Lmao its been eroded ever since the temperance movement on the 1920s.
And yet there are people simple enough to not vote, vote trump or still want tk vote 3rd party-which is the same as voting trump. Enjoy Gilead folks. If you allow trump to win youll have earned it