1046

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The Vermont Constitution has a much more explicit freedom from religion:

Article 3. [Freedom in religion; right and duty of religious worship]

That all persons have a natural and unalienable right, to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of their own consciences and understandings, as in their opinion shall be regulated by the word of God; and that no person ought to, or of right can be compelled to attend any religious worship, or erect or support any place of worship, or maintain any minister, contrary to the dictates of conscience, nor can any person be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of religious sentiments, or peculia[r] mode of religious worship; and that no authority can, or ought to be vested in, or assumed by, any power whatever, that shall in any case interfere with, or in any manner control the rights of conscience, in the free exercise of religious worship. Nevertheless, every sect or denomination of christians ought to observe the sabbath or Lord’s day, and keep up some sort of religious worship, which to them shall seem most agreeable to the revealed will of God.

[-] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Everytime I hear of Vermont it feels like the only sane, progressive state in the US. It almost feels like a seperate country compared to everywhere else.

What's the opinion of it in the US?

[-] lungbutter@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

You can't fart in a parking lot without stinking up a Subaru.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is entirely composed of a coat factory, an ice cream factory, and B&Bs.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd move there if y'all had better winters and beaches.

this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
1046 points (100.0% liked)

Not The Onion

12184 readers
741 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

  1. Links to news stories from...
  2. ...credible sources, with...
  3. ...their original headlines, that...
  4. ...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Comments must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS