TheProgressivePatriot
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Oh? Muslims are not under attack by anti Muslim Islamaphobes? Seriously dude?It is if there is a specific intent to protect one religion and not others.You got it half right. The Constitution states that :
"Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion......"
That means, whether you like it or not that the government may neither interfere with the practice of religion OR favor one religion over another. It's only logical that once the government does show favoritism to one religion, it will detract from the status and legitimacy of others. In addition, it is well establish in Constitutional law that the government may not establish a state sponsored religion which is what Trump and his moronic minions would like to do.
The religion that was established by Christians (not by gov.) in the US is Christianity. There is no law against gov officials having a religion.
By the same token, there is no Gov. law insisting that Americans adopt Christianity Our government has never decreed that Christianity or any other religion shall be the National religion.
I got it all right, and Trump did not say he was going to crown Christianity as the Nation's religion. He said he would protect the rights of the religious.
Just a few points:
1. No one said that there is a law against government officials having a religion. That is just a red herring.
2. Christians brought Christianity to the colonies for Christians. They may have wanted it to be a Christian nation but that didn't happen as it was never adopted by government, as you know.
3. With all of the vastly different factions of Christianity, to say that this is a "Christian nation" is meaningless.
4. Trump is not quite stupid enough to say that "he was going to crown Christianity as the Nation's religion" but he has indicated that he would bestow favoritism on Christians and he is in bed with those who do see Christianity and the bible as superior to the Constitution.
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Protecting is not the same as favoritism.
Other religions are not under attack by you anti-Christians.
Thus, it is still NOT the same as favoritism.