amazing response to GOP Rep who said God opposes trans rights: "You used God to enslave my foreparents. You used God to segregate me in schools."

[badger2]

#109 is incorrect. There is never a time that it is not existing.

 

[badger2]

For more on Jefferson’s “religion” suggested reading is Seidel A, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American.

 

[Foreigner Looking In.]

Actually, God was invoked to free the slaves.
Whitey was the first race to outlaw slavery, the others caught up decades later.
Some still haven't caught up.

 

[Mac-7]

It is spot on to reality, what was done to our people in this country for centuries was a crime.

Who says otherwise?

slavery was wrong and thats why the practice was ended

 

[AMart]

No we're not.

We are

America was founded by Christians and is still largely christians today

thtas why so many career politicians pretend to be Christians

America was founded by Deists.

Religious Affiliation of the Signers of the
Declaration of Independence

Religious Affiliation # of signers % of signers Episcopalian/Anglican 32​ 57.1%​ Congregationalist 13​ 23.2%​ Presbyterian 12​ 21.4%​ Quaker 2​ 3.6%​ Unitarian or Universalist 2​ 3.6%​ Catholic 1​ 1.8%​ TOTAL 56​ 100%​

Name of Signer State Religious Affiliation
Charles Carroll Maryland Catholic
Samuel Huntington Connecticut Congregationalist
Roger Sherman Connecticut Congregationalist
William Williams Connecticut Congregationalist
Oliver Wolcott Connecticut Congregationalist
Lyman Hall Georgia Congregationalist
Samuel Adams Massachusetts Congregationalist
John Hancock Massachusetts Congregationalist
Josiah Bartlett New Hampshire Congregationalist
William Whipple New Hampshire Congregationalist
William Ellery Rhode Island Congregationalist
John Adams Massachusetts Congregationalist; Unitarian
Robert Treat Paine Massachusetts Congregationalist; Unitarian
George Walton Georgia Episcopalian
John Penn North Carolina Episcopalian
George Ross Pennsylvania Episcopalian
Thomas Heyward Jr. South Carolina Episcopalian
Thomas Lynch Jr. South Carolina Episcopalian
Arthur Middleton South Carolina Episcopalian
Edward Rutledge South Carolina Episcopalian
Francis Lightfoot Lee Virginia Episcopalian
Richard Henry Lee Virginia Episcopalian
George Read Delaware Episcopalian
Caesar Rodney Delaware Episcopalian
Samuel Chase Maryland Episcopalian
William Paca Maryland Episcopalian
Thomas Stone Maryland Episcopalian
Elbridge Gerry Massachusetts Episcopalian
Francis Hopkinson New Jersey Episcopalian
Francis Lewis New York Episcopalian
Lewis Morris New York Episcopalian
William Hooper North Carolina Episcopalian
Robert Morris Pennsylvania Episcopalian
John Morton Pennsylvania Episcopalian
Stephen Hopkins Rhode Island Episcopalian
Carter Braxton Virginia Episcopalian
Benjamin Harrison Virginia Episcopalian
Thomas Nelson Jr. Virginia Episcopalian
George Wythe Virginia Episcopalian
Thomas Jefferson Virginia Episcopalian (Deist)
Benjamin Franklin Pennsylvania Episcopalian (Deist)
Button Gwinnett Georgia Episcopalian; Congregationalist
James Wilson Pennsylvania Episcopalian; Presbyterian
Joseph Hewes North Carolina Quaker, Episcopalian
George Clymer Pennsylvania Quaker, Episcopalian
Thomas McKean Delaware Presbyterian
Matthew Thornton New Hampshire Presbyterian
Abraham Clark New Jersey Presbyterian
John Hart New Jersey Presbyterian
Richard Stockton New Jersey Presbyterian
John Witherspoon New Jersey Presbyterian
William Floyd New York Presbyterian
Philip Livingston New York Presbyterian
James Smith Pennsylvania Presbyterian
George Taylor Pennsylvania Presbyterian
Benjamin Rush Pennsylvania Presbyterian

The signers of the Declaration of Independence were a profoundly intelligent, religious and ethically-minded group. Four of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were current or former full-time preachers, and many more were the sons of clergymen. Other professions held by signers include lawyers, merchants, doctors and educators. These individuals, too, were for the most part active churchgoers and many contributed significantly to their churches both with contributions as well as their service as lay leaders. The signers were members of religious denominations at a rate that was significantly higher than average for the American Colonies during the late 1700s.

Religious Affiliation of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence

freerepublic.com

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

It is spot on to reality, what was done to our people in this country for centuries was a crime.

Who says otherwise?

slavery was wrong and thats why the practice was ended

It became obsolete with industrialization, too.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

It is spot on to reality, what was done to our people in this country for centuries was a crime.

Who says otherwise?

Racist like you.

slavery was wrong and thats why the practice was ended

Slavery was a crime against hum

It is spot on to reality, what was done to our people in this country for centuries was a crime.

Who says otherwise?

slavery was wrong and thats why the practice was ended

It became obsolete with industrialization, too.

Still doesn't excuse the crimes that were committed.

 

[Mac-7]

Still doesn't excuse the crimes that were committed.

No one is making excuses

it was a long time ago and we - meaning whites - owe you no apologies now

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Still doesn't excuse the crimes that were committed.

No one is making excuses

it was a long time ago and we - meaning whites - owe you no apologies now

That is all you are doing, there are plenty of black folks STILL living today who came up during Jim Crow, those who have dealt with straight up racism and discrimination. You are a liar and the truth isn't in you.

 

[2aguy]

don't use God as an excuse for your bigotry!

No...doofus...

The GOP said that God didn't want black humans as slaves........since the GOP was founded to end slavery, you dumb ass.....

It was the democrat party that claimed that God allowed them to keep blacks as slaves...it was the democrat party that started the Civil War to keep blacks as slaves..

It was the democrat party that kept blacks out of white schools to keep them from being educated...it is now the democrat party that keeps black students trapped in democrat party controlled schools that don't educate them....

It was the democrat party that kept blacks from voting through Poll Taxes and literacy tests...

you ignorant moron....

 

[pknopp]

don't use God as an excuse for your bigotry!

No...doofus...

The GOP said that God didn't want black humans as slaves........since the GOP was founded to end slavery, you dumb ass.....

It was the democrat party that claimed that God allowed them to keep blacks as slaves...it was the democrat party that started the Civil War to keep blacks as slaves..

It was the democrat party that kept blacks out of white schools to keep them from being educated...it is now the democrat party that keeps black students trapped in democrat party controlled schools that don't educate them....

It was the democrat party that kept blacks from voting through Poll Taxes and literacy tests...

you ignorant moron....

Putting roadblocks up to voting is a way to put people back into slavery.

 

[BULLDOG]

don't use God as an excuse for your bigotry!

No...doofus...

The GOP said that God didn't want black humans as slaves........since the GOP was founded to end slavery, you dumb ass.....

It was the democrat party that claimed that God allowed them to keep blacks as slaves...it was the democrat party that started the Civil War to keep blacks as slaves..

It was the democrat party that kept blacks out of white schools to keep them from being educated...it is now the democrat party that keeps black students trapped in democrat party controlled schools that don't educate them....

It was the democrat party that kept blacks from voting through Poll Taxes and literacy tests...

you ignorant moron....

If you find anybody that questions any of that, you let me know, and we will double team them. All that was absolutely true, and remained true until many generations ago when the parties swapped philosophies. The right became the white supremacists, and he left took on the battle for equal rights. My pledge has stood for years. If you will just point out any liberals opposed to equal rights for all, I won't vote for them.

 

[Mac-7]

That is all you are doing, there are plenty of black folks STILL living today who came up during Jim Crow, those who have dealt with straight up racism and discrimination. You are a liar and the truth isn't in you.

All that can be done for those folks has already been done

You know Jim Crow was not nation-wide

it existed mostly in the South and did not apply to all black people in America

 

[pknopp]

That is all you are doing, there are plenty of black folks STILL living today who came up during Jim Crow, those who have dealt with straight up racism and discrimination. You are a liar and the truth isn't in you.

All that can be done for those folks has already been done

You know Jim Crow was not nation-wide

it existed mostly in the South and did not apply to all black people in America

The same thinking is what is driving those trying to put up roadblocks to voting.

 

[Mac-7]

The same thinking is what is driving those trying to put up roadblocks to voting.

Only roadblocks against voting more than once, or voting from the grave, or any other form of cheating the democrat criminal mind can think of

 

[pknopp]

The same thinking is what is driving those trying to put up roadblocks to voting.

Only roadblocks against voting more than once, or voting from the grave, or any other form of cheating the democrat criminal mind can think of

Already done.

 

[Mac-7]

Already done.

If the problem of cheating had been fixed dems would not be fighting against photo IDs and for mail-in ballots

 

[pknopp]

Already done.

If the problem of cheating had been fixed dems would not be fighting against photo IDs and for mail-in ballots

You can start providing photo ID voters registration any time you want. Why do you suppose no one is?

 

[LeftofLeft]

Rep Greene makes a fair point about Christians invoking the Bible to justify slavery

but it was also Christians who envoked God to end slavery

the final stanza of Amazing Grace is a clear example of that

”As He died to make men holy, let us die to mske men free”
“His truth is marching on”

Yet the right still wants to deny rights to people who aren't like them.

Same could be said of Liberals. Look at Gun Rights.

 

[22lcidw]

Corrected, how were they corrected?

Slavery was ended

jim crow was ended

So the wrongs were ended and what was the restitution that was paid for those wrongdoings?

If I rob 5 banks and then just stop robbing banks the authority are not going to say, "he corrected his bank robbing." I am going to have to pay restitution on the 5 banks I robbed.

You have people robbing you everyday. The fiat currency we have is a big time robber. Not in just this nation but others and for centuries. Why don't you take them down? Go try. As for people paying restitution. Who must pay? The great society and political correctness and diversity and quotas with massive social programs has restituted the whole slavery history at least in this nation. But yeah...go to the source and get the people who print the money and own the central banks.