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Hot take: if you are openly religious you should not be allowed in Congress You are a government representative and a representative of your entire district. We have a separation of church and state. Worship in private all you want tho
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Anonymous 9w

In the US, separation of church and state means that the government does not dictate what religious beliefs you can have. You’re probably thinking of France, where they think that expressing religion in public shouldn’t be allowed

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Anonymous 9w

Same with the presidency btw

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Anonymous 9w

I think that’s a little ridiculous, I think you can be religious and be open about it and also hold a hard stance against using it to craft policy. Like my representative can go to their house of worship and shit but I don’t want their preacher giving them political advice.

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Anonymous 9w

I disagree, believing in secularism should be enough (the implications of the Abrahamic religions fs actually contradicts it tho). There’s two reasons: 1. the majority of the world is religious, people should be able to elect officials that agree with them and hold similiar values. Not allowing [insert group] to be elected can lead to neglecting their needs 2. Religious people should be treated as intellectual equals. Church & state can’t be separated, religion informs political philosophy

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 9w

What does “openly religious” mean? Can you wear a hijab? Cross necklace? Kara (steel bangle worn by Sikhs)?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 9w

Op didn’t say this is how it is they said this is how it “should” be.

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 9w

Like, most people are religious in some way, and are typically open about it. Those people can’t just be barred from public office entirely, that’d be an issue of disincentivizing religion, which the government also cannot do under separation of church and state. That doesn’t mean they can write their holy books into the law, obviously that would be wrong.

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 9w

The same way the first amendment says the state can’t push a religion on you, it also says it can’t put undue burdens on people for their religion.

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