• quirzle@kbin.social
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    Michael Cassidy, a former congressional and legislative candidate from Mississippi, was charged the next day with fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor. He told the conservative website The Sentinel that “my conscience is held captive to the word of God, not to bureaucratic decree. And so I acted.”

    I feel like admitting your behavior is based entirely on your religion not written law should disqualify one from public positions where creating and following so-called “bureaucratic decrees” is kinda the whole point.

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      I still don’t understand how people can say that shit with a straight face as though taking marching orders from Santa Claus. Humanity has a long way to go.

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        Honestly, I’d prefer a candidate who got orders from Santa Claus than from Jesus or God

        Santa Claus has never, you know, killed people.

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    It’s because they hide behind “freedom of religion” when what they mean is they want a Christian theocracy.

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    Imagine being such a snowflake you can’t handle seeing a paper mache Satan and you goto prison for it