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When the pendulum swings back we need to permanently ban organized religon.
It's the main tool used by the Federalist Society to perpetuate their beleifs.
That would be shortsighted. Religious though has been on the decline for centuries. Driving it underground and radicalizing it just empowers the bad actors.
Germany handles religion in a fine way. Kirchensteuer is a tax you pay directly out of your paycheck to your registered church. You can opt out of paying this tax by dropping your church registration. If this system was adopted in the US you would see far less people who identify as "religious".
Nah just ban it
There are already lots of countries that ban organized religon, and it's worked out great.
I don't want the government aiding their money collection.
Banning religion is never going to happen under this constitution.
After the civil war that we're all barrelling towards, absolutely.
There's nothing in the constitution that requires preists get to con people
Plenty of countries have already banned organized religion and it turned out great.
You'll never ban religion, but it can be treated like the business that it is, with regulations, taxes, training, licensing, etc.
There won't be a civil war. America we'll just let whatever happens happen. People we'll protest on weekends and say my job I need my job I can't actually do anything meaningful. Americans are cowards I know they have made fun of the French for being in the past but now it's Americans. Look what the French did for increasing retirement age. Now compare to Americans falling into facisim.
That's not a pendulum swinging back, that's a genocide.