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VetOfTheSeas discuss.online VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online
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daannii lemmy.world daannii@lemmy.world
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Let the lawsuits commence

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dodo πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ lemmy.world Auk@lemmy.world
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Let the lawsuits commence

Please, take my tax money.

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unmagical lemmy.ml unmagical@lemmy.ml
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#4 · Quote Reply

Ah the Trump covid testing strategy. If you don't look for cases then they will simply not exist.

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BillyClark piefed.social BillyClark@piefed.social
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This restructuring of faith codes, which help identity service members as well as the military in planning for appropriated religious coverage to include them, has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and various Wiccans.

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daannii lemmy.world daannii@lemmy.world
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#6 · Quote Reply

Please, take my tax money.

Lawsuits are , unfortunately, the only way things get fixed in this country.

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Krusty quokk.au Krusty@quokk.au
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#7 · Quote Reply

Keep going

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NateNate60 lemmy.world NateNate60@lemmy.world
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They should drop all of them, because Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

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Th4tGuyII fedia.io Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
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They should drop all of them, because Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

Exactly. Either all known religions have to be part of this list, or none of them.

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Coldcell sh.itjust.works Coldcell@sh.itjust.works
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#10 · (edited) Quote Reply

This restructuring of faith codes, which help identity service members as well as the military in planning for appropriated religious coverage to include them, has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and variou...

Athiests

Minority groups

uh huh

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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
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This restructuring of faith codes, which help identity service members as well as the military in planning for appropriated religious coverage to include them, has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and variou...

lol how are you going to exclude atheists.

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Whostosay sh.itjust.works Whostosay@sh.itjust.works
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lol how are you going to exclude atheists.

Lmfao very big "you're not quitting, you're fired" energy

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ZILtoid1991 lemmy.world ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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They should drop all of them, because Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

Hot take: The "no prohibiting the free exercise of religion" rule should be updated to "religion should be practiced free as long as it does not seek to subvert democratic institutions, or infringe other people's human rights". Anything else will lead to the slow and painful death of secularism.

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NoForwadSlashS piefed.social NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social
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Ah the Trump covid testing strategy. If you don't look for cases then they will simply not exist.

Domt ask, don't tell is the hot new strategy for dealing with literally everything.

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Peppycito sh.itjust.works Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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Lawsuits are , unfortunately, the only way things get fixed in this country.

We can reduce that even further: money is the only way things get fixed in this country.

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Rhynoplaz Moderator Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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lol how are you going to exclude atheists.

They did leave "No Religion" as an option, I think that still applies.

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Fluffy Kitty Cat slrpnk.net fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net
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Hot take: The "no prohibiting the free exercise of religion" rule should be updated to "religion should be practiced free as long as it does not seek to subvert democratic institutions, or infringe other people's human rights". Anything else will lead to the slow and painful death of secularism.

Yeah, we need to crack down on religion because they're oppressing people who want nothing to do with them

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BillyClark piefed.social BillyClark@piefed.social
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They did leave "No Religion" as an option, I think that still applies.

Looking at that list, there are many that I'm not familiar with, but Wicca is definitely a religion, isn't it? Maybe they left "Wicca" in the list and removed specific types of Wicca? It's not completely clear, but anyways, if they completely removed Wicca, then a Wiccan wouldn't have a way to answer.

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jasoman lemmy.world jasoman@lemmy.world
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They should drop all of them, because Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

Lol that is not how corruption works.

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wonderingwanderer sopuli.xyz wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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This restructuring of faith codes, which help identity service members as well as the military in planning for appropriated religious coverage to include them, has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and variou...

What about Dudists and Jedi?

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samus12345 sh.itjust.works samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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Looking at that list, there are many that I'm not familiar with, but Wicca is definitely a religion, isn't it? Maybe they left "Wicca" in the list and removed specific types of Wicca? It's not completely clear, but anyways, if they completely removed Wicca, then a Wiccan wouldn't have a way to answer.

They'd have to be "Other Religions"

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Rhynoplaz Moderator Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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Looking at that list, there are many that I'm not familiar with, but Wicca is definitely a religion, isn't it? Maybe they left "Wicca" in the list and removed specific types of Wicca? It's not completely clear, but anyways, if they completely removed Wicca, then a Wiccan wouldn't have a way to answer.

There's also "other religion" as an option.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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This restructuring of faith codes, which help identity service members as well as the military in planning for appropriated religious coverage to include them, has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and variou...

Troth

That's a new one for me

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
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#24 · Quote Reply

wow. unitarian universalists. thats more christian than mormans.

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blargh513 sh.itjust.works blargh513@sh.itjust.works
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Yeah, we need to crack down on religion because they're oppressing people who want nothing to do with them

Start a church. They're tax exempt. In fact, I don't even think that the IRS is permitted to audit them.

It's on my to-do list. Beyond being tax free, you can go out and solicit donations, you can fundraise in a variety of ways, I'll bet you could get "clergy" passes for parking or any number of conveniences.

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Anti_Iridium lemmy.world Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world
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#26 · Quote Reply

Well, I guess my atheist dog tags are a collectors item then eh?

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BillyClark piefed.social BillyClark@piefed.social
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Troth That's a new one for me

What if they had a social media site? Would it be called troth social?

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Etterra discuss.online Etterra@discuss.online
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wow. unitarian universalists. thats more christian than mormans.

They probably have fewer lawyers though.

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snowdrop lemmy.ca snowdrop@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-01-23
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Start a church. They're tax exempt. In fact, I don't even think that the IRS is permitted to audit them. It's on my to-do list. Beyond being tax free, you can go out and solicit donations, you can fundraise in a variety of ways, I'll bet you could get "clergy" passes for parking or any number of conveniences.

No need to start one just get ordained by the ULC!

https://www.ulc.org/about

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m0darn lemmy.ca m0darn@lemmy.ca
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wow. unitarian universalists. thats more christian than mormans.

That's crazy UUs have like 'proper' churches.

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Lovable Sidekick lemmy.world LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
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Holy shit I didn't even know there were that many.

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ExtremeDullard piefed.social ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
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They should drop all of them, because Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

You mean that piece of paper Trump wipes his ample ass with?
Sorry, there's a long brown stain covering that amendment now.

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