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Pete Hegseth recently announced that he's creating an 'office of religious affairs,' which will report 'straight to the top' and 'will protect budgets, demand infrastructure and strengthen religious support.'

First, this is clearly unconstitutional, as our Constitution reads 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...', which has been interpreted for more than two centuries as 'the government cannot enforce any one religion's rules on the United States and its people and cannot make laws based on any one religion, though they also can't stop people from participating in their chosen religion.'

I know people believe that the US is a 'Christian nation,' not in the sense that the US has a Christian majority, but that the founding fathers wanted the US to have Christian rules, observances, laws, etc. That really just isn't true; the idea that they prayed before every meeting to write the constitution is a myth, created after various people painted them doing so for dramatic and artistic effect, not based on truth. Many of the writers of the constitution specifically stated in their political writings that they wanted freedom of religion, so that everyone could worship as they please.

But the main thing I have a problem with--because in the end the constitution is a document written by humans and that was and is flawed--is that this is just a very bad idea. Forcing a religion on people, in the form of laws or excluding all other religions by making a Christian only form of government is not loving of your neighbor or your enemy. The US was started on the idea of religious and personal freedom and of representation in government. Taking away others' right to representation and by using a form of government to 'strengthen religious support' isn't going to change anyone's minds. They're going to feel like they aren't welcome, or equal, or respected.

Forcing religion on someone isn't Christlike. It doesn't actually do anything besides make people feel like they have to change, at least on the outside, in order to feel safe, or accepted, or listened to.

Finally, I say that this will be a Christian-only office of government because in the end, that's what it's going to be. The people in power at the moment clearly don't know the first thing about other religions (or their own; here's a link to a YouTube video showing Hegseth reading a fake bible verse from the movie Pulp Fiction, apparently without realizing that what he's reading is not an actual verse, is from a 'book' (Ceasar) that isn't in the bible and was created for the movie, and that 'aviator' is not a word that would be used in any form thousands of years ago). They aren't going to learn anything about other religions unless it's to demonize another group of people they don't like or understand.

What are your thoughts on this establishment of a religious office in the US government?

And thank you, mod team, for not allowing AI content in the sub. I get enough garbage shown to me on Pinterest.

During a discussion about what women would do in an apocalypse situation where they were asked things like 'Would you cut your hair? Would you present masculine to avoid men harming you?' etc etc, this complete moron/monster made the argument that women should be feminine and pretty because then men would protect them...while using them as sex slaves, but at least we'd be alive!

He added that HE wouldn't do that, but it's just how history has worked out in the past. I couldn't screenshot these fast enough, but here's the gist of what happened:

User: I would present as masculine to avoid being SA'd in a world with no rules.

This Guy: I'd you were pretty, you'd be kept alive. Not an ideal kind of life, but you'd be alive.

Multiple Users: WTF? What the hell? NO, we would NOT!

This Guy: It's not what I'd do. I just said it was likely to happen, as history has demonstrated whenever X force invades Y village. All the men are killed, and the women are taken, and not all the women committed suicide, so most of them must have accepted it eventually.

User: Because they weren't given the opportunity to do that! Women are beaten and starved and used and kept on the edge of death, or were told to follow along or they or their families would be hurt! Check your downvote ratio, buddy. NO, we would NOT. Easy death over lifelong slave is a really obvious choice.

This Guy: Not reading all that whinging.

*This Guy deletes his comments*

What a stupid, stupid man.

Also it's funny that his avatar matches the 'WTF' flare. It was made for him.

This picture is the background for an episode menu on the DVDs. A friend (who started the show but didn't finish it, knew who the characters were) walked in between episodes and asked 'Are Daryl's eyes slowly un-squinting?' Then we joked a little about how sparkly they look 😂

What are some comments you've gotten about TWD that were from people who haven't watched or finished the show?

I like both the characters, this is just something I made because it reminded me of them. Don't take it too seriously!

Did someone pause it at the right time and have an epiphany? What happened?

How did this happen?

The middle picture is pretty close, but for the sake of the joke and all.

TWD has next to no similarities with Harry Potter (and maybe that’s what people are looking for!) but I just finished the series and wanted to recommend it for its POC and queer representation.

Aaron and Eric are a gay couple no one bats an eye at that play important roles in the story and add to it. They aren’t used as jokes or throwaway characters for a bit.

Magna and Yumiko are an on and off again lesbian couple and a part of a group who learned ASL to communicate with two sisters who are deaf and hard of hearing (Connie and Kelly). When their group joins the main characters, people begin to learn how to keep them aware and a part of the conversation by passing a notebook with them, pointing out danger and going over plans with them.

The scruffy redneck in the last two pictures is Daryl Dixon, who‘s the first to try and learn ASL to be able to talk to Connie by himself. He slowly becomes a kinder person over the course of the show, as seen in the second to last image where he corrects his brother for making a mistake he’d made himself in the past.

Very unlike in Harry Potter, many POC characters are integral to the main story and drive it forward while adding to it, aren’t given questionable names and aren’t largely evil or unnecessary. People with disabilities (lost limbs, hearing loss, impaired vision or blindness) are aided correctly and not presented as weaknesses, but people with unique superpowers.

If you like zombie apocalypse media and want a show you can take time to enjoy (its got eleven seasons, multiple spin-offs, prequels, sequels and the comic books it’s based on), and even if you don’t, I definitely recommend it. It gets better with time and the writers, cast and crew are all really cool people.

Samantha Morton and Dan Fogler from Fantastic Beasts are in the there, too!

Apocalypse A Team: Five people I would be able to get along with and/or who have skills that would keep me and the rest of the team alive.

Roolz: Rules. People I like who aren’t in Apoc. A Team or another category.

That’s Mah Dear(s): You were not built for this world and I’m very protective of you.

Resource: We wouldn’t agree on everything, but these are people that would be useful to have around.

You’re…Ok: Pretty self-explanatory. I’m in the middle. They’ve done good things and made choices I wouldn’t, and I bounce between like, dislike, and indifference towards them.

Improved with time: As a person and a character. Personality and/or my opinion of them changed over time in a good way.

Creepy as Sh*t: They may be good or evil or somewhere in between, but mostly I think of them as creepy. Carol is on here for how quickly she turned into a silly little housewife who has no idea what she’s doing in Alexandria.

Peach Schnapps: Stay away from me. They’re scary, annoying, they make bad decisions or some combination of that. There ain’t gonna be no damn peach schnapps on my team.

Life Imprisonment: I mean it. Even if you miraculously change, you will enjoy a slightly more comfortable life, but will remain in that jail cell forever.

Wasn‘t sure where to place Dale. I like tv show Dale not comics Dale’s relationship with Andrea made me really uncomfortable. I liked them as found family much better.