World News

22038 readers

111 users here now

Breaking news from around the world.

News that is American but has an international facet may also be posted here.

Guidelines for submissions:

Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

For US News, see the US News community.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

An Oklahoma school has become the first to dismantle the wall between church and state (qz.com)

submitted 1 year ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The start of the slippery slope…

[–] ptz@lemmy.ptznetwork.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm pretty sure the slip started back in 1954 when 'under god' was added to the pledge of allegiance. We've managed to keep it mostly limited to that until relatively recently, but their foot has been in the door for decades.