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Anti-Muslim rhetoric and white supremacy are poisoning many in this country, including young people who committed this heinous act of terrorism. Muslims, like all individuals, deserve to practice their faith without the constant harassment, targeting, and terrorism they endure in this nation. It’s crucial to acknowledge that anti-Muslim rhetoric has persisted and intensified since 9/11. This hate is perpetuated by parents, the media, and individuals who subscribe to conservative politics, and it’s truly disgusting. Anti-Muslim rhetoric is also growing in Europe especially in France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. Politicians have weaponized Islamophobia to blame Muslims for domestic problems. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/san-diego-islamic-center-shooting-attackers-hate-investigation/ #uspol #islam #sandiego #freedomofreligion #freespeech #worship #terrorism

Teen attackers in San Diego Islamic Center shooting were wallowing in hate, investigators say

"These subjects did not discriminate in who they hated," said Mark Remily, special agent in charge of the FBI's San Diego Field Office.

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A quotation from Henry Commager

Who are those who are really disloyal? Those who inflame racial hatreds, who sow religious and class dissensions. Those who subvert the Constitution by violating the freedom of the ballot box. Those who make a mockery of majority rule by the use of the filibuster. Those who impair democracy by denying equal educational facilities. Those who frustrate justice by lynch law or by making a farce of jury trials. Those who deny freedom of speech and of the press and of assembly. Those who press for special favors against the interest of the commonwealth. Those who regard public office as a source of private gain. Those who would exalt the military over the civil. Those who for selfish and private purposes stir up national antagonisms and expose the world to the ruin of war.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #civilliberties #civilrights #corruption #demagoguery #democracy #disloyalty #division #firstamendment #freepress #freespeech #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #injustice #jingoism #justice #loyalty #loyaltyoath #military #patriotism #publicoffice #religiousfreedom #unAmerican #usvsthem #votersuppression #votingrights #war #warmongering

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Nonilex 1d ago

The admin has awarded lucrative contracts for 250th anniversary celebrations to #EventStrategies, the company that organized the rally #Trump held on #Jan6, 2021 that was followed by the attack on the Capitol. (NYT reported Event Strategies has at least $13 million in #federal contracts.) Owners of that company, which was paid $688,000 for its work organizing that rally, denied responsibility for the ensuing #insurrection.

#law #FreedomOfReligion #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/politics/jan-6-contracts.html

Firm That Planned Trump’s Jan. 6 Rally Received No-Bid Contracts

This administration has given the company, staffed by the president’s allies, multimillion-dollar contracts it was guaranteed to win.

The New York Times

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Nonilex 1d ago

The #Trump admin has directed funds to #Freedom250 that #Congress appropriated to a different group, #American250, a statutorily bipartisan group required to detail its spending for lawmakers. The White House appears to have set up Freedom250 to “sidestep” those requirements.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney

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Nonilex 1d ago

The Sunday gathering was organized by #Freedom250, a private group established by the #Trump admin that is using a so-far #undisclosed amount of #FederalFunding—along with #corporate money from sponsors including #UnitedAirlines, #ExxonMobil, #JohnDeere, #LockheedMartin, #MasterCard, #Oracle & #Palantir—to stage events.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-maga-freedom250-christian/

Trump Begins Branding America's 250th anniversary as a Christian Celebration

“We welcome Jesus into this place!”

Mother Jones

Nonilex 1d ago

ICYMI A prayer festival backed by #Trump took place in DC yesterday.

Speakers including top #government officials framed the #UnitedStates as a nation founded to be explicitly #Christian [nope]. #Trump delivered a video message reading a #Bible passage aloud.

Until Trump, it was virtually unheard of for #US ofcls to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of #religious beliefs.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState

#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/4tDbKZZ

Trump-backed prayer festival on National Mall draws thousands: ‘We welcome Jesus!’

Critics of Sunday's « Rededicate 250 » event said it portrayed the United States inaccurately as a Christian nation and sought to erase the line between church and state.

The Washington Post

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺3d ago

"Bay Area USDA workers sue over ag secretary’s ‘Christ is Risen’ email

Workers say holiday messages crossed a constitutional line"

By Ethan Baron | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 15, 2026 at 5:03 PM PDT

Link around paywall of San Jose Mercury News:

https://archive.ph/bSynV

#FreedomOfReligion includes #FreedomFromReligion

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A quotation from Lyman Beecher

It was as dark a day as ever I saw. The injury done to the cause of Christ [by disestablishment], as we then supposed, was irreparable. For several days I suffered what no tongue can tell for the best thing that ever happened to the State of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It threw them wholly on their own resources and on God.

Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) American minister, preacher, abolitionist
Autobiography, Vol. 1, ch. 51 “Downfall of the Standing Order” (1864) [ed. Charles Beecher

More about this quote: wist.info/beecher-lyman/83657/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lymanbeecher #churchandstate #disestablishment #establishment #firstamendment #freedomofreligion #religiousfreedom

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officerripley Apr 22

Ok, who's gonna come up with the "equal time" rebuttal to the 10 Commandments & the suit to get Texas to put it in classrooms too?

#Texas #religion #1stAmendment #FreedomofReligion #ComedyWriters

Paul Arnheim-Projekt Apr 19

#FreedomOfReligion includes freedom from a #religion in which kindergartners are regarded as sexually attractive and older women as unattractive. The practice of veiling robs children of their childhood! Civilised people reject such repugnant behaviour. #StopSexism, #stopMisogyny, #resist! #ALText

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