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Swede

(37,926 posts)
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:44 PM 6 hrs ago

"Non-Christians living among us are...not entitled to political equality."

The Thiel-linked Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) hosted a panel featuring Stephen Wolfe (author of the Case for Christian Nationalism) who wrote that “Non-Christians living among us are…not entitled to political equality.” ISI supports over 70 student-run publications across the country. 1/

Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) 2025-11-17T18:46:54.086Z

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"Non-Christians living among us are...not entitled to political equality." (Original Post) Swede 6 hrs ago OP
Well, that is traditional. Not the newfangled Constitution from the 18th century, but the OG 17th century intoleration muriel_volestrangler 6 hrs ago #1
That sounds way more fun jfz9580m 4 hrs ago #32
Despicable creeps...More like the case for Christian bullshit-alism... wcmagumba 6 hrs ago #2
Read the effin constitution shitheads malaise 6 hrs ago #3
Agree..just saw you ahead of me.. Deuxcents 6 hrs ago #5
Roy Torcaso and the Supremes have said otherwise. no_hypocrisy 6 hrs ago #7
The current Court feels precedent is irrelevant. nt Shipwack 4 hrs ago #21
Written with the recent memory of horrific European religious wars DBoon 6 hrs ago #11
Ah, the good old days COL Mustard 4 hrs ago #27
It's obvious they do not understand or want to live by our Constitution..which is giving them their right to spew this Deuxcents 6 hrs ago #4
So obvious malaise 6 hrs ago #6
Yeah Jilly_in_VA 6 hrs ago #8
To hell with that. GoCubsGo 5 hrs ago #13
Even better malaise 5 hrs ago #14
Do these people hear themselves? Scrivener7 6 hrs ago #9
Tragically, yes. They mean it. pat_k 4 hrs ago #31
What is going to happen in the event Christianity collapses? And in its collapse, so goes any country without adequate RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 6 hrs ago #10
I knew it was just a matter of time. Lars39 6 hrs ago #12
I gave up on Christianity when I was 12 and the priest gave me the "God works in Ping Tung 5 hrs ago #15
Priests today will tell you that God revealed himself to humans 4,000 years ago, and told them. ancianita 5 hrs ago #18
I always thought the "mysterious ways" gambit was BS. A simple "I don't know" would have sufficed. patphil 4 hrs ago #26
Ignorant is what they are...and stupid. Try reading the constitution...losers Demsrule86 5 hrs ago #16
Deez nutz are not entitled to decide who is or is not entitled. ancianita 5 hrs ago #17
How does Thiel think Christian Nationalists view his sexuality? ChicagoTeamster 4 hrs ago #19
Probably one (or more) of these thoughts: Shipwack 4 hrs ago #22
Yeah, his 35 year old boy toy accidently TexasBushwhacker 4 hrs ago #29
Someone should let them know about the FBI Director Hassler 4 hrs ago #20
These privileged little shitstains Mr. Evil 4 hrs ago #23
Should be noted angrychair 4 hrs ago #24
I don't think they realize that they're saying they aren't entitled to political equality. patphil 4 hrs ago #25
The person who said that thinks they are Christian TNNurse 4 hrs ago #28
Sick fucks. spanone 4 hrs ago #30
If they were real christians they would be acting more like Jesus and feeding the hungry Tribetime 3 hrs ago #33

muriel_volestrangler

(105,223 posts)
1. Well, that is traditional. Not the newfangled Constitution from the 18th century, but the OG 17th century intoleration
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:51 PM
6 hrs ago

when if you the wrong sect, you were out of the colony. And if that didn't work, there was always executing witches for dallying with Satan ...

jfz9580m

(16,138 posts)
32. That sounds way more fun
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:30 PM
4 hrs ago

“ witches for dallying with Satan”
Would you happen to know how one may sign up for this?

Incidentally, The Satanic Temple is one of the groups helping women get abortions after these creeps deep-sixed Roe v Wade:

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/satanic-abortion-clinic-named-honour-35394904

Satanists have marked Donald Trump's birthday by opening another 'free' abortion clinic in the US.

The President's Yuge Most Beautiful Tremendous Satanic Abortion Clinic opened its doors on June 14 in Maine, as the massive military parade took place in Washington DC on the same day as the Orange Manbaby's 79th birthday.

Spokesman Lucien Greaves said: "With an average cost of $91 per procedure, we provide the lowest-cost option for pregnancy terminations in the entire state. We’ve also helped cover travel and medication costs for those facing financial hardship, and we’re honored to have made a positive impact on so many lives during what can be a difficult time.”


Good for them..they are doing a real social service.

wcmagumba

(5,174 posts)
2. Despicable creeps...More like the case for Christian bullshit-alism...
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:53 PM
6 hrs ago

Thanks, but no-thanks you bunch of theo-racists...

no_hypocrisy

(53,790 posts)
7. Roy Torcaso and the Supremes have said otherwise.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:01 PM
6 hrs ago

No discrimination against non-Christians and Non-believers.

DBoon

(24,521 posts)
11. Written with the recent memory of horrific European religious wars
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:13 PM
6 hrs ago
The Thirty Years' War,[h] fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from the effects of battle, famine, or disease, with parts of Germany reporting population declines of over 50%.[19] Related conflicts include the Eighty Years' War, the War of the Mantuan Succession, the Franco-Spanish War, the Torstenson War, the Dutch–Portuguese War, and the Portuguese Restoration War.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War

Deuxcents

(24,796 posts)
4. It's obvious they do not understand or want to live by our Constitution..which is giving them their right to spew this
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:55 PM
6 hrs ago

GoCubsGo

(34,550 posts)
13. To hell with that.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:34 PM
5 hrs ago

Send him, and the rest of his ilk to ADX Florence, where they belong.

pat_k

(12,483 posts)
31. Tragically, yes. They mean it.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:30 PM
4 hrs ago

So much for the table of fellowship welcoming everyone.

These Un-Christian, Un-American people believe in one thing, power. And for them money equals power.

If their grasping greed manifested in their physical appearance they would all be disgusting Jabba the Huts

And they've even created their own little "rules" where obscene power and money are God given, and therefore, the poor must be "bad" and the wealthy must be "good," however many horribly evil things those "good" people do. It must be God's will and all...

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,524 posts)
10. What is going to happen in the event Christianity collapses? And in its collapse, so goes any country without adequate
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:08 PM
6 hrs ago

separation of Church and State. The domino effect will also take out Judaism, and perhaps the collapse of Israel (who's gonna get their nukes?).

Ping Tung

(4,025 posts)
15. I gave up on Christianity when I was 12 and the priest gave me the "God works in
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:45 PM
5 hrs ago

mysterious ways" run-around when I asked him where did God came from?

At 12 I thought that was a reasonable question. I still do.

ancianita

(42,586 posts)
18. Priests today will tell you that God revealed himself to humans 4,000 years ago, and told them.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 04:23 PM
5 hrs ago

But tho OP has nothing to do with Christianity. It's just their patriarchal sickness that still sickens too much of humanity. Because patriarchy was around thousands of years before Abraham, Moses or Jesus ever showed up.

patphil

(8,502 posts)
26. I always thought the "mysterious ways" gambit was BS. A simple "I don't know" would have sufficed.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:17 PM
4 hrs ago

I hung on a little longer; left the Catholic Church in my mid twenties.

ChicagoTeamster

(181 posts)
19. How does Thiel think Christian Nationalists view his sexuality?
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 04:36 PM
4 hrs ago

If you’re going to craft excuses for twisting the texts of Constitution and Bible to justify your bigotry, you open the door for other zealots to craft excuses for their bigotry as well.

Shipwack

(2,918 posts)
22. Probably one (or more) of these thoughts:
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:02 PM
4 hrs ago

1) Rules for me, but not for thee.
2) He’s a sinner, but God sent him to us so we can use his dirty, dirty money to fulfill His will.
3) They’ll ignore it until they get everything they want, then put him into a conversion camp along with the other “degenerates “.

As for opening doors, they either don’t care or haven’t thought about the hungry leopards yet.

“You get a bigotry, and you get a bigotry…!”

Hassler

(4,660 posts)
20. Someone should let them know about the FBI Director
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 04:39 PM
4 hrs ago

Who's "involved" with a good, wholesome, white American woman, and country music singer.

Mr. Evil

(3,419 posts)
23. These privileged little shitstains
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:03 PM
4 hrs ago

are nothing but racists, would-be rapists and killers. They just want to have their way and what they want like children in a toy store. They want absolutely no accountability for white male christians. They want a country that's more akin to Augusto Pinochet's Chile in the 1970's and 80's. Brutality, torture, murder.

angrychair

(11,506 posts)
24. Should be noted
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:05 PM
4 hrs ago

Belief in and participation in organized religion has been falling dramatically over the last couple of years per a recent Gallup poll.

patphil

(8,502 posts)
25. I don't think they realize that they're saying they aren't entitled to political equality.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:14 PM
4 hrs ago

After all, they've certainly demonstrated that they aren't Christians. One has to follow the teachings of Jesus to qualify, and they don't.

TNNurse

(7,465 posts)
28. The person who said that thinks they are Christian
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:20 PM
4 hrs ago

and have indeed missed the point entirely.

Tribetime

(6,972 posts)
33. If they were real christians they would be acting more like Jesus and feeding the hungry
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:36 PM
3 hrs ago

Giving shelter to the homeless. Loving your neighbors

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