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submitted 4 days ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."

An Iowa man has kicked off controversy over religious freedom in the small town of Ottumwa, Iowa by opening a city council meeting with a prayer to Satan, which then kicked off a debate about the proper time in the meeting agenda to undo the “curse.”

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[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 324 points 4 days ago

People often seem to forget that “Religious Freedom” means all religions, not just yours.

Never mind the importance of the separation of church and ~~skate~~ state

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 179 points 4 days ago

I'm glad you fixed it. Some priests are not down with the separation of church and skate.

[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago
[-] CharlesDarwin1809@piefed.world 32 points 4 days ago

Forget air fryers, let's talk about air friars.

[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago
[-] magikmw@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

electronic music intensifies

[-] Sunschein@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

♫ EVEN FLOOO-OO ♪

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 48 points 4 days ago

You will literally hear dumb fuck xtians argue until they are blue in the face that what the Founders really meant to do was to merely allow you to choose among an array of xtian sects. Maybe if you are spicy, you'll be permitted to be Jewish, because well, Jesus was a Jew. And we will "tolerate" that.

Other xtians just seem to view "religious freedom" as "xtians get special privileges and they should be able to treat certain groups less-than if it suits them".

And man, they'll definitely get butthurt when you point out that the First pretty much requires that you have freedom FROM as well as freedom OF. And that "OF" means....anything, not just xtianity. I'll be a fucking pagan on Monday, fuck you very much because of that OF, and if I please, I'll be an atheist on Tuesday because of the FROM. Because that's real religious freedom.

[-] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 51 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

separation of church and skate

sings

Now, Heaven would be a DJ spinning dub all night long

And Heaven would be just kicking back with Jesus packing my bong

And if you don't believe in Jesus, then Muhammad or Buddha, too

And while the world is warring, we just sit back and laugh at you, singing

If I die before I wake

At least in Heaven, I can skate

'Cause right now on Earth, I can't do jack

Without the man up on my back

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I was actually referring to NOFX, but that’s a solid song too

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 31 points 4 days ago

freedom from it, as well.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

But mine is the only correct one!

—selfish idiots

this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2026
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