Rep. Mary Miller ― a Republican from Illinois who once praised Adolf Hitler ― wrote, edited and ultimately deleted a social media post decrying “a Muslim” speaking in Congress.

“It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should have never been allowed to happen,” she wrote Friday. “American was founded as a Christian nation, and I believe our government should reflect that truth. May God have mercy!”

The man leading the prayer was guest chaplain Giani Singh, a follower of the Sikh faith, not Islam. Miller’s Republican colleague Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) introduced him as such on Friday.

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[–] 302 points 1 year ago (18 children)

American was founded as a Christian nation

-- Every American Christian Bigot

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

-- First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States

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  • [–] 256 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Don't forget:

    The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.

    -- John Adams

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  • [–] 85 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Honestly who could say what they meant by that, it's such an open to interpretation remark.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Good thing we know exactly what they meant in the second amendment.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    The thing you have to realize is that some words change meaning over time. If you check a dictionary from the time, you'll find that back then "regulated" meant... oh, looks like it meant the exact same thing it means today. Huh, looks like it's meant the same thing since it was taken from Latin. Fancy that.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Thomas Jefferson had his own personally edited version of the Bible that focused on the philosophies and stories in the Bible, and left out the supernatural mythology and fairy tales. There were parts of the religion he liked, but he was clearly uncomfortable with the actual religious parts of it.

    And he actually WROTE the founding documents.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It literally says "Congress," of which she is a member.

    Every newly elected Congressional Rep and Senator should have to pass a difficult, graduate-level test on the history of the United States, and the Constitution, before being sworn into office. You can't be sworn in until you pass the test. These people are tasked with leading our country. Knowing the basics is the least we can demand of them.

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    [–] 163 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Well you see, the thing about conservatives is that they are fucking stupid.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Well you see, the thing about conservatives is that they are fucking stupid self-serving liars.

    FTFY

    This bitch knows damn well America isn't a "Christian nation," but she'll shout it from the rooftops if she thinks she can get away with it in order to advance her hateful, bigoted agenda.

    Do. Not. Give. Her. Any. Benefit. Of. The. Doubt.

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  • [–] 100 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should have never been allowed to happen

    I believe our government should reflect that truth.

    She's right: leading prayer in Congress at all should never be allowed. Government should reflect the truth of a secular government.

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    [–] 75 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Dumbfuck can't even get her religions straight, and apparently she thinks America was founded to be a Christian theocracy. Astoundingly ignorant and misinformed, yet there she sits Congress, governing the nation with her 2 brain cells.

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    [+] 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)
  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Sometimes I really wish the founding fathers were around to just say, “Yeah, we were all atheists when we did this America thing. It just wasn’t fashionable at the time. So this idea that American was founded on Christianity, is well, just bullshit”

    I mean they were literally fleeing religious persecution. Why would they bake religion into what they were creating?

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    [–] 67 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Poor Sikhs always catching strays...

    Also, yo, I kind of hate this country.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago

    “America was founded as a christian country”

    You mean back when Christian people were so rabid that they thought of Catholics, the OG jesus folks, the way this lady sees any non-christian religion?

    Maryland was created as the birthplace of religious freedom in this country specifically because catholics had nowhere else to go in the colonies without getting harassed. Ultimately, the concept of religious freedom would be elevated to a higher place of importance than christian snobbery by the time America was forming a country. Religious freedom was part of escaping the thumb of the King of England and other monarchs.

    So, on the one hand, Miller is truly going old school by being a bigoted fuckhead. But on the other, she seems to have no idea that “America” would not exist if people hadnt been willing to tell the bigoted majority of protestants to shut the fuck up, and force them to live and let live

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  • [–] 64 points 1 year ago

    Pepperidge farms remembers when bigots were shamed away from talking not their target minorities.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yet another Sikh man misidentified as a Muslim (not that it would matter if they were) by some backwood dumb fuck using weaponized religion.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Why does the House of Representatives even have prayer in the mornings to begin with?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Seriously. When is the designated time for thoughts?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    “Thoughts and prayers!”

    “Uh we’d like some more thoughts, please.”

    “Well we’re OUT of thoughts! We only had three bits and we didn’t expect such a rush.”

    “So my choice is ‘and prayers’? I’ll have the chicken then, please.”

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    [–] 45 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The US was founded as a secular state.. No getting around that. There were only a few devout christians in the original group of founding fathers. Most were deist. They had the recent memory of the thirty years wars where catholic and protestant armies had rampaged back and forth across Europe stealing the peoples food. Raping and burning out anyone who wouldn't convert. They did this to many who did convert. It was said at the time that they everyone kept two sets of bibles. They just hid one or the other depending on who had taken over at the time. That asshole regressive wouldn't ever be willing to admit that. Because she is too stupid to learn it.

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    [–] 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Mary Miller represents district 15 which surrounds but does not include both Springfield and St. Louis. It is 90% white, 2.9% black, and 2.8% Hispanic. There are basically no non-Republican elected officials above the county level and voted overwhelmingly for Trump. This district became home of the second resurgence of the KKK in Illinois in the 1920s and has stayed their home through resurgences in the 1950s and 1990s.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    One of the most insufferable people I have ever known lives in her district. He moved there willingly because of politics. I cut ties entirely over a year ago and it's been great.

    I almost feel less bald for it. (A lie.)

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    [–] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It was founded as a secular nation you dumb cunt.

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    [–] 30 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    My face when I found out the US has opening prayers in the house of government:

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    [–] 30 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    These racist politician assholes should never ever be allowed to represent us in government.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    GOP keeps saying 'this is a Christian nation', but they don't want understand separation of church and state.

    There is no state religion. If you open a state body to prayer, then all prayer is allowed, not just the prayers you want.

    Long live the satanic temple.

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    [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    She 100% doesn't know that Muslims and Sikhs are different, and doesn't care.

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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    Fucking idiot piece of shit jesu-fried fuckwit.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think it is far more troubling if the world's only superpower regularly has prayer sessions in their top leadership...

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