(I also considered Andrew Jackson, a Christian who was responsible for the Trail of Tears, which killed more non-Christian people than the 9/11 attacks, and yet gets to be on our $20 bill.)
(but, you know, iconographical brevity and all that)
Excuse me sir, may I have a moment to talk to you about Jesus?
It really just gets me when people forget about the fucking crusades.
nooooooooooooooooobody remembers the Spanish Inquisition!
Indian Boarding Schools, anyone?
Colonization of the Americas and the genocide of millions of Indigenous people in the name of “Manifest Destiny”?
….or what about the biggest forced migration in human history, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade? The enslavement of millions of Africans was all done in the name of Christianity, sooooooooo…..
Oh HEY, what about all those radical Christian bombings that happen, lik ethe Oklahoma City bombing, pictured above, or the bombing of Planned Parenthood and Abortion Clinics?
More than half the nation’s governors – 27 states – say they oppose letting Syrian refugees into their states, although the final say on this contentious immigration issue will fall to the federal government.
Among these 27 states, all but one have Republican governors.
The announcements came after authorities revealed that at least one of the suspects believed to be involved in the Paris terrorist attacks entered Europe among the current wave of Syrian refugees. He had falsely identified himself as a Syrian named Ahmad al Muhammad and was allowed to enter Greece in early October.
Authority over admitting refugees to the country, though, rests with the federal government – not with the states – though individual states can make the acceptance process much more difficult, experts said. American University law professor Stephen I. Vladeck put it this way:
“Legally, states have no authority to do anything because the question of who should be allowed in this country is one that the Constitution commits to the federal government.“
But Vladeck noted that without the state’s participation, the federal government would have a much more arduous task.
“So a state can’t say it is legally objecting, but it can refuse to cooperate, which makes thing much more difficult.”
#StayWoke
Floridas on the list of states that don’t wanna take them in how shocking 😒
