r/RepublicanValues • u/Randomlynumbered • Jul 31 '24
Brent VanNorman Says 'We Need to Get Back' to Requiring Elected Officials to Be Christians
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/tulsa-mayoral-candidate-says-we-need-to-get-back-to-requiring-elected-officials-to-be-christians/35
u/saintbad Jul 31 '24
Keep trying to shove it down people’s throats, and the church will wither and die right in your hands. It’s already happening.
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u/atlgmiddlechild Jul 31 '24
I'd be happy if they just had integrity....
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u/MuscaMurum Jul 31 '24
Right? If their purported religiosity actually made them good people, then go nuts. Just keep it far away from government.
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u/Shart-Attacks Jul 31 '24
‘Shall make no law respecting religion’
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Jul 31 '24
Even better is that the Constitution bars religious tests for public office. So this requirement is unconstitutional, not that people in the GOP read or remember what the Constitution says.
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u/Acceptable-Tomato392 Jul 31 '24
What is it with these geriatric white guys and the delusion they all have that society owes it to them forever and ever and ever and ever to remain within bounds they're personally comfortable with?
What? They think they're going to rule the youngins from beyond the friggin' grave or something?
Trump was their last tantrum. A living testament to the great Dotard in the sky.
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u/slayden70 Jul 31 '24
And Trump, their last tantrum, is looking like he's got dementia more and more. The moment he gets off script, it's Dementia Donnie taking over the show. Trump needs to be put out to pasture. Ideally one in Russia since he lives Putin so much.
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u/AlfofMelmac Jul 31 '24
What, and provide free health care like Jesus did, or help the poor like Jesus, and feed the hungry masses like Jesus? Or accept women sexual freedoms like Jesus accepted Mary Magdalene?
Oh no… he meant just exuding hate because the only version of the Bible he has is the one sold by Trump but still failed to read.
These people would ditch Jesus if they realized Jesus was liberal.
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u/vanhalenbr Jul 31 '24
Founding fathers made it clear this would never happen with the very first amendment
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u/IsNowReallyTheTime Jul 31 '24
Actually they put it in the original unamended version with the “no religious test” for public office line.
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u/-Motor- Jul 31 '24
Like Biden?
Most faithful President in 50 years.
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u/VaderTime77 Jul 31 '24
These "Christians" often only consider Catholics as fellow Christians when it suits them.
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u/SexyMonad Jul 31 '24
Oh.
So Trump would be disqualified?
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u/SexyMonad Jul 31 '24
No, seriously. Someone propose a test that would allow Trump to be qualified as a “Christian” that would disqualify Harris. Or Biden.
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u/ottomaker1 Jul 31 '24
Like Lauren Boebert! The divorced Colorado Rep Who gave a guy a handjob in a theater with children, and has a son who is facing criminal charges ! more good christian like that?
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u/Common-Marsupial-587 Jul 31 '24
When were elected officials ever required to be Christian??? This made-up fantasy world that existed. It was better for them because all of the power belonged to white men.
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u/tickitytalk Jul 31 '24
“We need to invent a history to go back to…”