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9/26/2015 7:18 am  #1


Are You Christian Enough to be President?

Breaking news, When Donald Trump is elected President, apparantly it will be illegal to say "Happy Holidays"
Because, apparently, this is something that Presidents are supposed to get involved in. 


The United States Constitution, Article VI, paragraph 3,
 no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

Ah, those were the days.
Now, in 2015, Donald Trump feels compelled to bring his family bible to a political event to prove his "qualifications" for office.



Bible in hand, Trump makes pitch to religious voters

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump brought his personal copy of the Bible -- complete with his own mother's handwriting inside the cover and the address of his boyhood home -- to the Values Voter Summit Friday in an attempt to sway religious voters while he looks to shore up his sizable support among conservatives.

"I brought my Bible. You know, it's the First Presbyterian Church, Jamaica (Queens) and this was written by my mother, with my name, with my address, with everything," he said as he held up his Bible and opened it for the crowd. "I saw this and I had to bring it."

Trump also launched into a defense of Christmas to the crowd.

"The word 'Christmas' -- I love Christmas. I love Christmas. You go to stores now, you don't see the word 'Christmas.' It says 'Happy Holidays' all over," Trump said to applause. "Remember the expression, 'Merry Christmas?' You don't see it anymore. You're going to see it if I get elected, I can tell you right now."

But the clear Republican front-runner fell flat at times during his talk, drawing limited applause and even boos for calling Sen. Marco Rubio a "clown" over illegal immigration. The boos continued as Trump talked through them, saying, "I've been so nice to him."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/25/politics/donald-trump-bible-values-voter/index.html


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

9/26/2015 9:27 am  #2


Re: Are You Christian Enough to be President?

May be the first time he's ever opened that Bible.  Doesn't prove a thing to me and apparently, given that he was booed throughout by the religious voters, it didn't mean a whole lot to them either.

 

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