On Tuesday, Alabama residents voted on Constitutional Amendment 3 to amend the state constitution by requiring public schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily and allow "student-led prayer."​ The measure officially passed on Wednesday, with 63 percent of the vote, according to The New York Times.

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[–] 16 points 3 days ago (6 children)

My kid didn't pledge allegiance to a rogue, authoritarian regime when they were in school, and we aren't doing it now, as adults. This is so antichristian on every level. Lawsuits will be filed.

Also the evangelists support Israel so hard, but as Christians, could never claim right of return, as citizens of Israel. Only Jews and atheists are permitted to do that.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago* (5 children)

    Also the evangelists support Israel so hard, but as Christians, could never claim right of return, as citizens of Israel. Only Jews and atheists are permitted to do that.

    You miss the point of their support. They don't give the slightest fuck about Jews as people or Israel as a country. They just know Revelations said that the Rapture can't start until after the Jews return to the Holy Land, so they'll do whatever it takes to fulfill that condition. It is entirely selfish.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (4 children)

    Nah, I didn't miss it, I simply think they believe nothing of the sort, but find it a convenient excuse to keep exploiting and abusing others. But they're still not welcome to settle in Israel, greater or not.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago* (3 children)

    I obviously cannot speak for all of them, only the ones I'm directly related to and everything I heard growing up in an evangelical church: most of them absolutely do believe it.

    Very much so.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    Do their actions align?

    Beyond that, maybe some working class do believe; I posit politicians believe rhetoric is powerful.

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