After saying atheists are unfit for public office, Oregon lawmaker let off the hook (Livestream) 

Plus, we are way more empathetic to all people.

Yep. I prefer atheists because they tend to be far more moral and altruistic than the religious. "The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." - Treaty of Tripoli, Signed by President John Adams on July 4, 1805 “How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few his precepts!” - Benjamin Franklin “The divinity of Jesus Christ is made a convenient cover for absurdity.” - John Adams “The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession.” - Abraham Lincoln “Every other religious sect supposes itself in possession of all truth, and that those who differ are so far in the wrong; like a man traveling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the road he sees wrapped in fog, as well as those behind him, and those in the fields on each side, but near him all appears clear, tho’ in truth he is as much in the fog as any of them.” - Benjamin Franklin “May it not suffice for me to say…that of course, like every other man of intelligence and education, I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions are still raised.” - Woodrow Wilson “The world is my country; to do good my religion.” - Thomas Paine “Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects?” - James Madison “Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.” - Thomas Jefferson “Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.” - Benjamin Franklin “This story of the redemption will not stand examination. That man should redeem himself from the sin of eating an apple by committing the murder of Jesus Christ is the strangest system of religion ever set up.” - Thomas Paine “I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views were not narrowed and distorted by religion.” - James Buchanan “The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.” -Benjamin Franklin “As to the book called the Bible, it is blasphemy to call it the word of God. It is a book of lies and contradictions, and a history of bad times and bad men. There are but a few good characters in the whole book.” - Thomas Paine “I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.” - Thomas Paine “One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.” - Thomas Paine “Accustom a people to believe that priests, or any other class of men, can forgive sins, and you will have sins in abundance.” - Thomas Paine “All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind and monopolize power and profit.” - Thomas Paine “My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.” - Abraham Lincoln

Well "open Athiest" Because I doubt all the "Christian" politicians actually believe half the bullcrap they say pandering to the Religious. And beyond being an open Atheist I wouldn't care. Ronald Reagan was an Athiest, but was also racist prick that was clearly serving the rich and corporations while screwing over the working class poor. "religious tests" only becomes important when it matters to the wealthy ruling elite.

​@@Michael-hw5wkyou must be living under a rock because Christians in the United States of America including Christians and government are wanting to destroy the United States of America by turning it into a Christian National Nation. So call from under that rock add educate yourself on current events and see that an atheist in government is way better than these religious nut jobs that are in government pushing their religion onto everyone

@@nurseratched5537not empathic to welders, jews, muslims, cripples, elderly, babies, or slayves

Exactly.. EVERYONE ELSE is held 'accountable" except for themselves. Ironic how "Law and Order" this "Law and Order" party really is.

I want them to explicitly explain in great detail who should be held accountable just so everyone can see their hearts are only filled with hate they call love.

Please tell him ,please.

Always said that extremists of both religions think exactly alike. Right down to scurrilous lying about their 'enemies' and willingness to harm their own devotees for their 'cause'.

The Founding Fathers deemed *ALL* religions unfit for modern, civil governance. The *1st Amendment's Establishment Clause* prohibits the government from making any law, _“respecting an establishment of religion.”_ This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another. It also prohibits the government from unduly preferring religion over non-religion. *Constitution Article VI Supreme Law - Clause 3 Oaths of Office* _"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; _*_but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."_* This means nobody is ever required to swear to a god or on the Bible, or any other religious book for an oath of office. They may choose a god or religious book, but none is required. Thomas Jefferson and Calvin Coolidge did not use a Bible in their oath-taking ceremonies. Theodore Roosevelt did not use the Bible when taking the oath in 1901, nor did John Quincy Adams, who swore on a book of law, with the intention that he was swearing on the constitution. _"In this enlightened age and in this land of equal liberty, _*_it is our boast,_*_ that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest offices that are known in the United States."_ *-George Washington* (To the Members of the New Jerusalem Church of Baltimore, 27 January 1793) _“The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or Mohammedan Nation.”_ *- John Adams* (American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, Founding Father & 2nd president) _“...the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."_ *-Treaty of Tripoli - June 7, 1797. Signed by President John Adams & Ratified UNANIMOUSLY, by the Senate June 10, 1797* ....only a few times in history the Senate unanimously agreed on anything. A 2018 Supreme Court Ruling re-affirmed this statement, from The Treaty of Tripoli. The Supreme Court released an opinion on May 14, 2018 in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn., 584 U. S. (2018), Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion wrote: _"The Treaty of Tripoli was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President John Adams. As such, it is a "legislated text" which must be read "textually". The lower courts in this case read a hypothetical legislative intention into the text by dismissing Article 11 as "a mere formality". The language itself makes a clear direct statement that _*_our government is not based on the Christian religion and any attempt by a government official to represent our government as Christian contradicts the text and the historical understanding of our founders."_* _"Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?"_ *- James Madison 4th president* (A Memorial And Remonstrance, On The Religious Rights Of Man: Written In 1784-85)

​@@georgesheffield1580Do you think that just "telling" someone like him that he's standing on a foundation of shifting sand would have any remedial effect? If only!

​@@xjarheadjohnsonthank you for the historical quotes / research Well done !!

They always say men. They have gender blindness, they only see others whom they see themselves in. All others are invisible except when they need something. Cuz they can't do shit.

Yes - my thought was that this was also misogynistic - he clearly thinks only men should be at the head off the table. Christian men, of course.

Yes a head the ball christian has a bizarre opinion, its called freedom of speech and he should have every right to say it

Women are nothing but property in the Bible and I wish more women actually understood that.

@@ganndeber1621 He has every right to say what he said. However, people have the right to lambaste him over it. As a lawmaker, he really needs to be careful on what he says.

Our country has been going downhill since they added the Germanic/Gothic demons name God/Goth/Gaut into the money, then added into the motto, then added into the schools of our vulnerable children.

lol, it's ONLY irrational people who want the job. we invented voting so we could elect people who would do a good jib, but didn't WANT the job.

​@@HarryNicNicholasthe Yoda phenomenon. Best canidate for it doesn't care to run for it

But they should have the right to say what they think, its called freedom of speech. The god stuff is utter bollocks but you should not punish people for having a bizarre opinion

​@ganndeber1621 the problem is that it is not an opinion. They truly believe there is a god. That makes them delusional and therefore should not hold office.

What material is HE made of beside feces?

His use of the word "materialists" is a big tell.

I'm a (monistic) materialist, but I doubt that Don the Con's philosophical beliefs are similar to mine. But if you mean he's only interested in physical things, probably ostentatiously vulgar and shiny, I'd agree.

As are most of the SCOTUS and congresspeople!

That last statement is a bit hyperbolic and you might want to dial it back. A lack of belief in one very specific assertion doesn’t mean very much. It isn’t a worldview. I’m an atheist, but my positive beliefs say a lot more about me and shape my ethos, not my lack of belief in any deities. Atheism can’t and won’t “save the humanity.”

@@johnhiggs325 how long have you been an Atheist? Lack of belief in deities are what will save humanity...Atheists typically understand this. think about it for a while and get back to me?

VOTE BLUE whatever you do!

Hey sis, aren’t Pagans

Auto correct:( athiests aren’t Pagan

@@karenkalweit6018 Right. ( Autocorrect: non-believers)

@@karenkalweit6018 The OP isn't claiming atheists are Pagan, they're guessing what Reschke would say about atheists or Muslims: anyone who isn't Christian might be Pagans to him. I'm sure the OP knows the difference.

@RyanHall-ch7myI don’t need to read the entire works of Asimov to understand that it’s fiction.

@RyanHall-ch7my This is pretty simple: Any God worthy of the title who had anything to say to us would say it to all of us and he would say it in such a way that we would all know it was him - no books or spokespeople necessary. Furthermore, any God worthy of the title would create the Universe in such a way as to not require his intervention or maintenance. So, there are two possibilities, here: 1 - Either there is a God who created a Universe that does not need him. or, 2 - There is no God who created the Universe. Interestingly enough, it is impossible to discern the difference between 1 and 2, above. What that means is, whether God exists or not, he is irrelevant.

@RyanHall-ch7my It does not matter whether Jesus ever existed, or not, and here's why: If Jesus existed as a real person, all we have left of him are the words and events ascribed to him by others. And, if Jesus never existed as a real person, all we have left of him are the words and events ascribed to him by others. See? No difference. So, what matters are the teachings of Jesus and whether, or not, they have application in our lives. And, each of us can determine that for ourselves.

@RyanHall-ch7my There is a lot to unpack there, but here goes: 1 - No God worthy of the title would want for anything, least of all would he want us to believe in him or worship him. Wanting us to believe in him or worship him would be an expression of ego. And, ego is an expression of insecurity. 2 - There is no greater arrogance in the Universe than to pretend to speak for God - except,, maybe, to pretend that the impotent pleadings known as prayers might influence him. 3 - Belief is not evidence of the existence of anything, least of all is it evidence of the existence of a God worthy of the title. 4 - The need for miracles from God implies that he, somehow, made mistakes that he must correct by violating the very laws he put into place to govern the Universe that he created. Furthermore, to believe in miracles from God expresses a lack of faith in God's ability to create a Universe that needs no miracles to correct his own mistakes - because, he would not make any. 5 - Pretending that we need a relationship with God is playing a game with God - a childish game that reveals an ignorance about who and what God might be. 6 - You do not speak for Jesus any more than you speak for God - and, neither do the authors of the Bible or those who edited it hundreds of years before you ever encountered it. Any other arguments for God that you would like me to tear down for you?

@RyanHall-ch7my There are no concepts of moral value to be found in the Bible that did not exist for thousands of years before the Bible ever came into existence. Furthermore, humans are a collective species. We depend on each other for our individual and collective survival and well being. And, morality is an evolved survival mechanism. It is what allows us to function in collectives for our survival and well being. If we were a lone predatory species, like sharks, we would have no comprehension of or need for morality. And, there is no moral value in the idea of resurrection. It serves no moral purpose, whatsoever. It is merely embelishment and part of a deception intended to coerce belief and serve as a test for belief - because, if you believe in the resurrection, the indoctrination is complete. And, literally billions of dead people over the course of the history of mankind who never come back to life is compelling evidence that resurrection is not possible. And, if there is a God, it is clear that death was part of his plan, and not resurrection.

And nobody SINCE h as agreed. If you believe in the invisible, you can be made to believe in ANYTHING - trickle-down economics, Great Replacement Theory, Fox "News..."

Our Founders wanted freedom from the repression of religion that they were fleeing by coming here in the first place.

​@@richardowens9061Wonder what these neo Confederate Christian nationalists would think about Deism lol....has anyone told them yet that a lot of the "founders" were deists.

@@richardowens9061 Those on the Mayflower because they were being inhibited from practicing *their* religious oppression. They're not called Puritans for nothing.

@@richardowens9061 That's why it makes me sick when they say our nation was founded on christian values. A lot of our founders were atheist.

So what? He is a deluded right-wing bigot, and the ONLY thing that matters is that he WILL lie to promote his religion without EVER recognizing the hypocrisy. A MAJOR trait among the GOP/MAGA deluded.

The red parts of the state are nuts.

But since when have hardcore RW GOPers ever cared about the Constitution or other laws??

I thought it was freedom of speech?

Theocrats don't care about that clause. It will be one of the first things to go if they seize power.

Article VI, Clause 3: "Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." It immediately follows a clause requiring all federal and state office holders to take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution.

@@snsnplpl freedom of speech is in the constitution but you dont like what he says you are as bad as the religious nut job. he can present a different political view to you but you want to punish him, yeah you have shown your true nature

NO Republican will EVER be punished in the regime of Lennie Leo and the pre-purchased Roberts Court.,

I thought he stopped just before saying you don’t want a woman.

@@lspiegel5704 Maybe, but since he was on a screed about atheists and muslims (or "mooslims," as he pronounces it), it seemed he was going after non-christians.

@@tc2882 In another comment I did say Jews and didn’t say it here because you already did, but since he also said “men”, I think that including women was also on his mind.

@@lspiegel5704 Fair enough.

I’m actually okay with someone who is religious, so long as they keep it to themselves and not to use it in their professional life.

@@Kosher_Slider That's the trouble, a lot of them *DON'T* keep their religion to themselves. They try to ram their belief down the throats of everyone within earshot. And they *DO* allow their professions to be influenced by their religion.

@@neilforbes416 I completely agree

Oh my god I didn’t even catch that- that IS what he meant isn’t it? Ahhhhhhh what a horrible man

And Republicans NEVER refer to that part of it. ONLY to the part about being able to own nuclear weapons. THAT will be the Trump defense when he is FINALLY tried for classified docs theft - the NRA said it was OK, it's a weapon...

They are government of the cult leaders over the people, with the excuse that the dead and/or untestable spirits are voting for them to be in power and that such imaginary things have for legitimacy than real people in an actual Democracy/Republic.

That is why the Founding Fathers deemed *ALL* religions unfit for modern, civil governance. The *1st Amendment's Establishment Clause* prohibits the government from making any law, _“respecting an establishment of religion.”_ This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another. It also prohibits the government from unduly preferring religion over non-religion. *Constitution Article VI Supreme Law - Clause 3 Oaths of Office* _"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; _*_but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."_* This means nobody is ever required to swear to a god or on the Bible, or any other religious book for an oath of office. They may choose a god or religious book, but none is required. Thomas Jefferson and Calvin Coolidge did not use a Bible in their oath-taking ceremonies. Theodore Roosevelt did not use the Bible when taking the oath in 1901, nor did John Quincy Adams, who swore on a book of law, with the intention that he was swearing on the constitution. _"In this enlightened age and in this land of equal liberty, _*_it is our boast,_*_ that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest offices that are known in the United States."_ *-George Washington* (To the Members of the New Jerusalem Church of Baltimore, 27 January 1793) _“The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or Mohammedan Nation.”_ *- John Adams* (American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, Founding Father & 2nd president) _“...the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."_ *-Treaty of Tripoli - June 7, 1797. Signed by President John Adams & Ratified UNANIMOUSLY, by the Senate June 10, 1797* ....only a few times in history the Senate unanimously agreed on anything. A 2018 Supreme Court Ruling re-affirmed this statement, from The Treaty of Tripoli. The Supreme Court released an opinion on May 14, 2018 in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn., 584 U. S. (2018), Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion wrote: _"The Treaty of Tripoli was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President John Adams. As such, it is a "legislated text" which must be read "textually". The lower courts in this case read a hypothetical legislative intention into the text by dismissing Article 11 as "a mere formality". The language itself makes a clear direct statement that _*_our government is not based on the Christian religion and any attempt by a government official to represent our government as Christian contradicts the text and the historical understanding of our founders."_* _"Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?"_ *- James Madison 4th president* (A Memorial And Remonstrance, On The Religious Rights Of Man: Written In 1784-85)

@@xjarheadjohnson Conservatives of the 21st Century are under the impression that not only the teaching of the person they're supposed to follow spiritually is a conservative when Jesus was the progressive of his time. If Jesus was a conservative, there wouldn't be Christianity because he wouldn't have been preaching a new covenant. Just like they misunderstand the Founders of the USA. They too were the progressives of their time. If they were conservatives, the USA would still be a British Colony.

@@LdyVder I agree. Contrary to popular American folklore, some of the founding fathers DID NOT BELIEVE in the Bible, DID NOT IDENTIFY as Christian & those men DID NOT INTEND TO CREATE a government based on those values. *The Founding Fathers’ Religious Wisdom* This notion-that our country’s roots are explicitly Christian-is both foolish and wrong. _"Many of the founding fathers-Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison and Monroe-practiced a faith called Deism."_ SOURCE: American Progress - ARTICLE JAN 8, 2008, by Nicholas Rathod In fact, some had an extremely obvious & palpable dislike of it. Just look at the laws they passed, treaties they ratified, the letters they exchanged & the books they published; written, edited & published by the Founding Fathers, themselves. Publications like, *Age of Reason* or *Reason: The Only Oracle of Man* or *The Jefferson Bible* are good introductions. They are all damning critiques of Christianity. _"I am no Christian, except mere infant baptism make me one."_ *-Ethan Allen - Reason the Only Oracle of Man* _“The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun.”_ *- Thomas Paine* (American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary) _"...the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away all this artificial scaffolding..."_ *- Thomas Jefferson* (Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823) _"The story of the redemption will not stand examination. That man should redeem himself from the sin of eating an apple by committing a murder on Jesus Christ, is the strangest system of religion ever set up."_ *- Thomas Paine - Age of Reason (1794)* _“History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.”_ *-Thomas Jefferson* (Letter to Alexander von Humboldt, December 6, 1813* _"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies."_ *- Benjamin Franklin* (Poor Richard's Almanac) _“Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange belief that it is the word of God has stood, and there remains nothing of Genesis but an anonymous book of stories, fables, and traditionary or invented absurdities, or of downright lies.”_ *- Thomas Paine - Age of Reason (1794)* _“There is not one redeeming feature in our superstition of Christianity. It has made one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites.”_ *-Thomas Jefferson* (American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, Founding Father, 3rd president of the United States) _“Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1,500 years?”_ *-Letter John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1817* (Published in - The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams) _“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.”_ *-James Madison* (Letter to Wm. Bradford, April 1, 1774* _"During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution.”_ *-James Madison, Ibid, 1785* (American statesman, diplomat, Founding Father, 4th president of the United States) _"I beg you will be persuaded, that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.”_ *-George Washington* (:etter to the United Baptist Chamber of Virginia, May 1789)

@@LdyVder Jesus was CLAIMED to be those things. The anonymous men who wrote the gospels did so 40 to 100 years after the fact, in a different language and in a different country from where Jesus is supposed to have lived. The evidence for Jesus is worse than you think - Holy Koolaid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PGHOp-9yAbA.htmlsi=6nOj1iiDRQJ5ddcZ

Then DO something. The NRA has a Solution™ - it's Republican-Approved®...

For those who have never read the Constitution that cannot apply.

States can not violate the US Constitution anymore than the federal government can. The one job the GOP is great at creating is attorneys. Because many attorneys are needed to show the clown show they aren't following the US Constitution. Then you have people like GED Barbie from CO who hates the 1st Amendment and its first phrase: Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion.

The Oregon state constitution also prohibits religious tests for office.

The Constitution as supreme law of the nation overrides all state legislation in any conflict. That doesn't however stop some states from trying to legislate differently. North Carolina for example in its state Constitution bars non believers and adherents of non Abrahamic religions from public office.

Let him off from what, stating his opnion, its called freedom of speech. The god stuff is bollocks but people must be free to say what they want without fear of being punished, or is freedom of speech only for what you believe ?

​@ganndeber1621 Nope. The g9vernment cannot jail you, nor take your stuff. However, people lose their jobs over their big stupid mouths every damned day.

​@@ganndeber1621actually what he said was an explicit violation of the Constitution which states in article 6 that no religious test will ever be required for any public office in the US.

@@damianjblack He is still allowed to have an opinion and voice it the constitution does not stop him doing that. He can not enforce his opinion but he can state it when ever he wants. freedom of speech is not just for those you agree with. All the people on he wanting to silence him are every bit as bad as he is, disgraceful hypocrites

@ganndeber1621 nobody wants to silence him, just to let him know in no uncertain terms that such comments are unfit for a public servant. There are things you and I would lose our jobs for saying, it's no different for elected representatives.

Parts of Oregon are fairly progressive (for the US). Other parts are not, and I kinda wish they would go ahead and join Idaho already (as they keep threatening). -- a Portland voter

@@JaniceLHz No… you/we can’t let these authoritarians push other OREGON residents around. There’s still a lot of Democrats and like-minded people are in those areas;they are not all mega/trump supporters and definitely don’t want to secede to Idaho. Vote no if you ever see that on your ballot again,please.

@davidthompson7817 What about letting the people who live there self-determine? If a large enough majority of people from the affected area wanted to join Idaho, is it more fair to let them? (I think it is unlikely to actually happen that the states get redrawn -- the logistics would be complicated and expensive.)

IKR? 😢

He's in rural Oregon. Very red and bigoted.

Yes! It’s Will-am-ette. Emphasis on the AM. Like wham bam. Thanks for this!

Will-am-ett.

LOL! Having lived in Arizona, I wonder how he would pronounce Prescott!

I always refuse to call it anything but Williamette. Just like I'll always pronounce Aloha like we're in Hawaii, not west Portland.

..and don't even get started about the pronunciation of that thing you sit on in the living room, either.

@@d.l.sosnik2135 The Davenport?😂

​@@d.l.sosnik2135the sofa?

Why are some of the most beautiful landscapes in the country populated with people with the ugliest of beliefs?

Obviously, he's a RURAL representative.

He made a clear, direct statement of his opinion that atheists and non-Christians aren't fit for public office, and then expounded on that opinion for several minutes. His words were quoted verbatim. Nothing was taken out of context, as he so disingenuously claimed. He wants to shoot of his big mouth but he can't handle being called out for his blatant religious bigotry. Loser!

It is that or they need to seriously look up these words and their definitions and learn what they mean.

Yes❤

They would prefer that you call them “Greater Idaho”… That was on the ballot a few years ago. The eastern and southern counties of Oregon all wanted to secede because they’re a bunch of rednecks wearing red hats and guns on their waist bands!

Every state has a dark history. You should talk about the history of Washington. To write off the entire state is ignorant and uncalled for.

​@@RockChick63174well Florida is 100% Dominionists now so I easily write that one off.

It's our history. A long, dark one to overcome. The majority this state is very open and welcoming.

😂😂

The vast majority of conservative Christians in public offices around the country don't follow anything Jesus teaches. They follow things out of the old testament, which is Jewish laws not Christian ones. Why I call those people pseudo Jews. They're not Christians at all.

I see the Buybull as an IQ test if they actually ever read it they might understand why so many of us cannot buy into it.