Good men who distrust theocracy sever Islam the religion from Islam the political movement. And just like Socialism/Communism, Islam cannot survive as a religion alone. Islam can only survive as a theocracy; i.e., a totalitarian government.
Islam is a political movement because it establishes theocracy by combining government and religion; the exact opposite of what America stands for. Islamās biggest fear is losing its status as a religion should the First Amendment be applied as it applies to every other Supreme Deity religion. Churches can lose their tax exempt status for preaching politics from the pulpit, yet Islam does just that every time it tries to gain a foothold in Americaās judicial system with Shariah law.
Both Islam and Socialism/Communism are theocracies that must destroy individual liberties if they are to survive. Both fly in the face of mankindās march towards freedom from totalitarian government. Ultimately, Islam must be legally defined as a political movement, while Socialism must be legally defined as a religion. That is the only way to deny both their First Amendment protection.
Notice that America is the only country that provides a tool for reining in theocracy. Stopping theocracy is infinitely more difficult than is simply stopping big government alone. Hereās the reason. Religion and government will always plague mankind. The trick is to limit government and keep religion voluntary. Theocracy does the opposite.
Socialism has been the most destructive of the two theocracy movements to date because Socialists fund their religion with income tax dollars thanks to the XVI Amendment, while petroleum money is responsible for Islamās resurgence in the past century. Ask yourself: Where would Socialism be today without the tax on income? and where would Islam be today without petro-dollars?
Paying liars to lie began with the first unholy alliance between government and organized religion.
Socialists have been taking all the best of it for a century. Muslims have cashing in for several decades. So President Trump leveling the playing field for every organized religion is justification for an unholy alliance:
President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday to make it easier for churches to actively participate in politics without risking their tax-exempt status, and to protect faith-based groups from being forced to pay for abortion services under Obamacare, the White House said.
Let us all pray that political expediency is Trumpās only reason for leveling the playing field. If so, he must never lose sight of every priesthoodās eternal hatred of individual liberties:
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty. Thomas Jefferson
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History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance, of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes. Thomas Jefferson -- Letter to Alexander von Humboldt, December 6, 1813
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Trump obviously believes that allowing priests into government as well as enriching them further is a winning strategy. He clearly thinks Christian clerics will make America great again. Whether or not he believes it, Trump advocates passing organized religionās tax exemption onto the backs of everybody. Clearly, he lacks an understanding of the First-Amendment-cum-the-separation-of-church-and-state.
More importantly, does Trump really believe he can let churches keep their tax exempt status and stop coerced charity everywhere else? or is he simply laying down a smokescreen in order to leave such a flagrant violation of the First Amendment in place?
Where Is Trump On The Constitution?
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Apparently, the pope never heard about the separation of church and state. The Roman Catholic priest stuck his nose in Americaās internal affairs in so many places, I see an opportunity to deny the Catholic Church its tax exempt status.
Herded Not Huddled
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Finally, Catholic priests spouting their garbage over the public airwaves is a clear violation of the First Amendment. Print and soap boxes are constitutionally protected venues for bullshit artists of every stripe. Using the public airwaves to preach illegal immigration, or anything a priest happens to be selling, has no such protection. In fact, I would eliminate a churchās tax exempt status whenever a priest moralizes politics from the pulpit.
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