Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
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God’s love is impersonal. MLK Jr. said he was grateful God told him he had to love his enemies but “that he didn’t say I have to like them.” Loving Trump doesn’t mean I’m supposed to acquiesce to behavior that’s destructive to our democracy or to people. Sometimes Love says “No.”
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I told Trump he had harnessed the power of fear (bigotry, racism, hate) for political purposes, and we would defeat him by harnessing the power of love (decency, dignity, compassion). Our task is to answer collectivized hate w/ collectivized love. I also told him love would win.
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Let's help JD Scholten in his race against white supremacist Steve King (so extreme even Congressional Republicans censured him!). JD is a wonderful man who narrowly lost the race last time; this time let's take him over the line. scholten4iowa.com
You know who's not fooling around? @JDScholten: "38.6 million are unemployed. 27 million will likely lose their health insurance. More than 1 in 5 US households are food insecure. Despite the scale of this crisis, our gov't has continued to prioritize corporations over people"
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For centuries (and longer) women had no voice in the public sphere, therefore our unique experiences weren't included within public discourse. But we're here now, and we have things to say based on our own experiences that are deeply relevant to the times in which we live.
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This time of passion and fervor is a time of regreening. Not necessarily a comfortable time, but one that's pregnant with new possibilities. Time to rethink, reflect, honorably debate, listen deeply, speak passionately - and return to wholeness that which has been torn asunder.
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No no no! The US government is not run according to “Christian doctrine.” The first amendment to the US Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
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Closing them for purposes of public safety is not messing with religion, it's protecting the public.
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The opposite is also true. I ran a non-demonational church for six years. If I had said, "We're going to remain closed for reasons of public safety," the govt. would not have had the right to make me open it.
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Sure as hell does. The first amendment to the US Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." A church choosing to remain closed for reasons of public safety is "the free exercise thereof."
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Yes they can, if for reasons of public safety. That’s not hypocrisy or violation of the Constitution, it’s just putting the well-being of the public first. The problem here is the fact that the govt didn’t give #directcashrelief, making people so desperate to go back to work etc.
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"The church" is more than a building, and people truly connecting takes more than physical proximity. Connection through God means loving one another. And nothing shows greater love than protecting each other during a time of serious contagion.
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Dr. King’s daughter is speaking eloquently here, in words that echo her father’s message to the world. Trump opening up churches & calling houses of worship “essential” has nothing to do with deference to God and everything to do with deference to his base.
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There is such a thing as righteous profit & some people have made huge amounts of money righteously. The enemy isn’t those people; the enemy is the injustice of an economic & political system that in so many ways rewards them at the expense of many & fails to adequately tax them.
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