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The first person to be prosecuted should be Salmon. She referenced Satan on State grounds. And more than 3 times.

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So ... "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" ... UNLESS the law involves Satanism? Check me on this, but I don't think that last is anywhere in the wording of the First Amendment. I said this yesterday and will repeat: there seem to be a LOT of adults in the halls of Iowa government who are scared out of their minds about an imaginary being, to the point where they feel the need to legislate against said being. Which reminds me of this:

𝐼𝑓 π‘€π‘’β€™π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘€ 𝑒𝑝 π‘Žπ‘  π‘Ž 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑀𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 π‘‘π‘œ π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ π‘¦π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘  π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘–π‘›π‘“π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘™π‘–π‘§π‘’ 𝑒𝑠.

-- TheraminTrees

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Feb 7Β·edited Feb 7

This bill is so mind-numbingly stupid and unconstitutional it could have only come from Gods Own Party. She evidently does not realize government cannot outlaw a religion, and if it could, then government could outlaw her religion as well. I wonder what problem she thinks she would be solving here.

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β€œAny act of Satanic practice or worship that involves the ending of a life or the shedding of blood, whether the sacrifice be an animal or human, is prohibited.β€œ

Like crucifying a man for the sake of all humanity? Then symbolically, but literally, eating his flesh and drinking his blood ritualistically? Or wearing the cross around your neck, displaying a cross or the crucifixion on the walls? Jesus Christ their whole religion is based on ritual sacrifice and they can’t see their stupid little law completely outlaws the very god they’re trying vainly to β€œprotect”. What a fucking idiot.

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I have an idea, let's place Sechat' statues in states capitols. Zoom in and look at her crown 😁

https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010006332

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β€œAny act of Satanic practice or worship that involves the ending of a life or the shedding of blood, whether the sacrifice be an animal or human, is prohibited.”

Unless it involves migrants, in which case shedding blood and ending lives is official Republican policy blessed by God.

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Ever notice how Christians who are the first to falsely cry "cancel culture" are also the first to actually practice that cancel culture.

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I could have looked that this in fucking elementary school and seen it was illegal,immoral,petty,and pure bullshit of a bill.

And this is from an adult in office. OMFSM, 'adults these days'.

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Feb 7Β·edited Feb 7

Love that their #1 clause targets their own religion.

#3 may be about abortion from her perspective, but it's likely to be shot down by the courts because of objections...by Christians. Specifically, Christian offshoots like Santeria occasionally sacrificing animals as part of their rituals. It's legal, as long as you're obeying local health codes. Had a friend whose neighbor did that. My friend objected to the county but couldn't really do anything about it.

2nd Part, #2 is an obvious appeal to Alito, since he created this new "historical practice" precedent in order to prevent gun control. She's hoping the courts will apply that same thing here.

They won't. This is political theater and DOA.

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Satanic Panic 2: Idiotic Bugaboo.

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There's that "Judeo-Christian" thing again.

Once more: Judeo-Christian is a Christian invention. Jews laugh at it and rabbis will tell you that they are two separate faiths.

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Literally cosplaying Church Lady

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How about Christians also practice their religion in the privacy of their own homes and stop trying to piss on everything public to mark it as their own exclusive territory? Hmm?

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Yikes! She lives close to me. Same school district, different county. Of course, her kids didn't attend the school. From Wikipedia, "As a home educator, Salmon provided K-12 education to her children."

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Let's take this a bit further and propose a bill banning all graven images on state property.

You know. Like 10 Commandment monuments.

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"Judeo-Christian faith?" They are two faiths.

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