• PugJesus@piefed.socialOP
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    1876: “No support to any religion and no clergy in government”

    1894: “PRAISE JEEEEEEEZUS”

    There are two Americans inside of us

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      The jesus amendment has been proposed over and over, with similar ones dropped in 1864, 1874, 1896, 1910 and 1954.

      They do not give up.

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        Well they basically got it, even if it’s not written down. The current administration is doing its damnedest to fulfill the requirements outlined for the apocalypse.

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      No person ought, or of right can be compelled, to attend any religious worship, or erect, or support any place of worship, or maintain any minister, contrary to the dictates of his conscience.

      –Vermont Constitution, Article 3