#TreatyOfTripoli #TreatyOfPeaceAndFriendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of #TripoliOfBarbary en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_... "The #contemporaneous purpose of Article 11 was to make clear that the United States was a #SecularState "

Treaty of Tripoli - Wikipedia

Halal mortgages and Quebec’s version of laïcité
#CanadianPolitics #Quebec #Canada #HalalMortgages #SecularismDebate #QC #QuebecLaicite #HomeOwnership #CanadianFinance #Banks #ReligiousAccommodation #SecularState #Housing #Bill21 #Diversity #RealEstate #Secularism
https://the-14.com/halal-mortgages-and-quebecs-version-of-laicite/

@wdjorth @Americanist4u When even your fellow-Catholics believe you're a threat to American democracy.

"...
C Colt Anderson, a Roman Catholic theologian and professor of religion at Jesuit-run Fordham University, said in an interview that he was unaware until this week that Barr was a fellow Catholic. Now, after reading the speech, Anderson believes the attorney general, in revealing his devotion to an especially conservative branch of Catholicism, is a “threat to American democracy”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/19/william-barr-attorney-general-catholic-conservative-speech
#RuleOfLaw #SecularState #SeparationOfChurchAndState #DefendTheConstitution #DefendDemocracy #Democracy #BilllBarr #DisbarBarr #DisqualifyBillBarr #BetrayingAmerica

@Waterloo2 @greeen

"Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and the state forever separate."
— Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the U.S. Army & 18th President of the United States —

A message to today's "Christian" Confederate rebels.

#RuleOfLaw #DefendAmerica #DefendTheConstitution #DefendDemocracy #Confedereds #FakeChristians #Tyranny #Extremism #SeparationOfChurchAndState #SecularState #UnitedInDiversity #StrongerTogether