Comments by "J Nagarya" (@jnagarya519) on "Christian Nationalist SILENCED By Simple Question" video.
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The various "One True Religion" colonists who founded colonies based on "freedom of religion" meant freedom for ONLY THEIR "religion".
But that changed with the state constitutions -- see below -- and their eventuation in the First amendment separation of "religion" and gov't; so, no, the United States is not a "Christian" nation --
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From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776:
"XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function.
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"XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment."
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From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777:
"Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession."
"Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature."
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From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777:
XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State.
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As said, those provisions and their equivalent in the other state constitutions eventuated in the First amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. And Jefferson was proudest of his "Religious Freedom Act" of Virginia, which did away with a single gov't-sponsored "religion".
The LIARS on the point are the "Christians" who ignore the Commandment written by their "God" --
"Thou shalt not lie."
And ignore that the Constitution, with the First Amendment separation, is the SUPREME Law of the Land - there is NO law HIGHER than SUPREME.
BACK OFF, fake "Christians": you don't get to impose your unsubstantiated subjectivist tyranny on the rest of us.
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