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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Takei boosted:
This is not who we are. This is not who we have always been. This is Christian Nationalist drivel.
— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2026-05-19T00:49:45.049Z
GoCubsGo
(34,999 posts)When did the Founding Fathers ever meet for "a national day of fasting and prayer"? More made-up shit.
OnlinePoker
(6,149 posts)Congressional Fast Day Proclamation
Congress proclaimed days of fasting and of thanksgiving annually throughout the Revolutionary War. This proclamation by Congress set May 17, 1776, as a "day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer" throughout the colonies. Congress urges its fellow citizens to "confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and by a sincere repentance and amendment of life, appease his [God's] righteous displeasure, and through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, obtain his pardon and forgiveness." Massachusetts ordered a "suitable Number" of these proclamations be printed so "that each of the religious Assemblies in this Colony, may be furnished with a Copy of the same" and added the motto "God Save This People" as a substitute for "God Save the King."
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel04.html
OGBuzz
(605 posts)ShazzieB
(22,876 posts)He looks like his soul has been slowly sucked out of his body since he became Secretary of State, and there'snothing left of him but a dried up husk..
He's an adult and he made his choice, which he had the right to do, so maybe I shouldn't feel sorry for him. Still, it's disturbing to look upon.
calimary
(90,775 posts)THAT is HARDLY a President youre showing. Your photo makes you look like a kid watching a horror movie. UNLESS you were trying to make like some crooner doing a guest shot on The Tonight Show.
BHDem53
(1,160 posts)58Sunliner
(6,411 posts)
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