Reposted by Disgruntled Cat Hermit
thank goodness someone with this absurd set of priorities isn’t in charge of anything important
Disgruntled Cat Hermit
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Writer and EdPub freelancer. I'm here mainly to represent fancy felines and keep vigil over American democracy. Hoping to see old friends and make new.
![Colbert: Why even on that level do you think it’s important to keep the separation not just for the state but for the church?
Talarico: Well, because we are called to love all our neighbors, including our Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Seek, agnostic, atheist neighbors. And forcing our religion down their throats is not love. [Loud applause] It’s why I fought so hard for that sacred separation in our First Amendment.
Because my granddad, he raised me to believe that boundary between church and state doesn’t just benefit the state or our democracy, although it certainly does, but it also benefits the church.
Because when the church gets too cozy with political power, it loses its prophetic voice, its ability to speak truth to power, its ability to imagine a completely different world. And this separation between church and state is something we have to safeguard. It’s something we have to fight for.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ya7gfadgypyypiva5pboi6mi/bafkreidzgb2d3tm63dp4jyrwsjkoh6yuq7265rmf3z2my54sat3fsgqfzy)
