Rep. Mary Miller Loses It Over 'A Muslim' Speaking In Congress
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"May God have mercy!" said Miller, who tweaked her post to attack Sikhs instead before deleting it all together.

Rep. Mary Miller ― a Republican from Illinois who once praised Adolf Hitler ― wrote, edited and ultimately deleted a social media post decrying “a Muslim” speaking in Congress.

“It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should have never been allowed to happen,” she wrote Friday. “American was founded as a Christian nation, and I believe our government should reflect that truth. May God have mercy!”

The man leading the prayer was guest chaplain Giani Singh, a follower of the Sikh faith, not Islam. Miller’s Republican colleague Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) introduced him as such on Friday.

  • hume_lemmy@lemmy.caEnglish
    180·
    13 hours ago

    Don’t forget:

    The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.

    – John Adams

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      9 hours ago

      “As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religious or tranquility of Musselmen [Muslim peoples], and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.” - Treaty of Tripoli, signed 1797.

    • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
      27·
      11 hours ago

      Thomas Jefferson had his own personally edited version of the Bible that focused on the philosophies and stories in the Bible, and left out the supernatural mythology and fairy tales. There were parts of the religion he liked, but he was clearly uncomfortable with the actual religious parts of it.

      And he actually WROTE the founding documents.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      63·
      13 hours ago

      Honestly who could say what they meant by that, it’s such an open to interpretation remark.

        • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
          72·
          10 hours ago

          The thing you have to realize is that some words change meaning over time. If you check a dictionary from the time, you’ll find that back then “regulated” meant… oh, looks like it meant the exact same thing it means today. Huh, looks like it’s meant the same thing since it was taken from Latin. Fancy that.