Rongone wrote:

I read that this morning and thought the very same thing. I'm flabbergasted that the same people that are forever crowing about "the founding fathers", "the constitution", "patriotism", and doing what "the American people" want, apparently have no qualms about systematically dismantling the building blocks of our representative republic when those blocks don't suit their personal perspectives.

Can you say contradictory and hypocritical?

BINGO ! 
 

Ok, here's the plan, CT:  We start a church and claim Satan is the god we worship.  Since we can now be politically active, we promote Donald Trump from the pulpit.  We tell people that Satan and his followers favor Donald Trump.  And, hey, we're tax exempt, too!

Picture this:  A tax-exempt religious organization that worships Satan can now legally get involved in politics and openly promote Donald Trump.  Could make for interesting bumper stickers.

There will always be a "LIE" in "Belief"



 

Yes, it's an order about nothing. Both sides see it.

The the order is “an elaborate photo-op with no discernible policy outcome.”
Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the A.C.L.U

“In failing to deliver for people of faith, President Trump risks alienating the single constituency most responsible for his election,”
 Brian S. Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage,



Trump’s Order on Religious Liberty Pleases a Few, but Lets Down Many Conservatives

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed his long-awaited executive order on religious liberty Thursday with a full-throated reassurance that he would protect the freedom of American believers. But the reactions of religious leaders across the country suggested that it instead promised freedoms many of them did not want — and failed to deliver concrete legal protections that conservatives had been led to expect.

The centerpiece of the order is a pledge to allow clergy members and houses of worship to endorse political candidates from the pulpit, fulfilling a campaign promise that Mr. Trump repeatedly used to rally his most fervent supporters. Public opinion polls show, however, that neither the American public as a whole nor religious leaders in particular — even evangelicals, who voted for Mr. Trump in droves — think that partisan politicking by churches is a good idea.

The order was also a stinging disappointment for conservative religious leaders who had expected that it would exempt their organizations from Obama-era regulations aimed at protecting gay people from discrimination.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/us/politics/religious-organizations-executive-order-trump.html