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gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:39 PM Jun 2022

Lauren Boebert told congregation she's "tired of this separation of church and state junk"

The congresswoman’s comments were made Sunday to a crowd at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt,

Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, Colorado’s Western Slope Rep. Lauren Boebert said churches should direct the government, not the other way around.

Boebert’s comments, made Sunday to a crowd at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, take aim directly at the separation of church and state.

The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church,” Boebert told the crowd, which applauded. “I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk.”

“It was not in the Constitution, it was in a stinking letter and it means nothing like what they say it does,” she continued.

The first-term, far-right congresswoman’s comments are disturbing, several political experts said and were likely inspired by recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings. Richard Collins, a retired constitutional law professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, called the statements unsurprising.



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Lauren Boebert told congregation she's "tired of this separation of church and state junk" (Original Post) gldstwmn Jun 2022 OP
Welcome to the Christian Republic of the United States Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #1
I really hope she loses tomorrow... Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #2
boebert the constitutional scholar spanone Jun 2022 #3
Did she address the abortions she has had in her past? BigmanPigman Jun 2022 #4
Some of the stories about her were proven false CloudWatcher Jun 2022 #20
Thank you, I don't like to spread false info either. BigmanPigman Jun 2022 #23
She's a un-American idiot. Somebody told her that rockfordfile Jun 2022 #5
Ayatollah Boebert blm Jun 2022 #6
yeah. Fine, Boobert. Pack your bags, I'll buy your ticket to Saudi Arabia. lastlib Jun 2022 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author PortTack Jun 2022 #21
Which church would she want to be in charge? keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #7
Which church? Catholic? Presbyterian, Pentecostal? tulipsandroses Jun 2022 #8
Mooselim!!! Grins Jun 2022 #18
"The church is supposed to direct the government." DBoon Jun 2022 #9
This is what ignorance looks like. madaboutharry Jun 2022 #10
...and, yet, she got elected. Totally Tunsie Jun 2022 #12
The stinking letter she is talking about was written by Thomas Jefferson. gldstwmn Jun 2022 #11
Imagine how sick of it she'd be if we really had it Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2022 #13
Perhaps we are tired of your childish, erratic and unprofessional behavior vapor2 Jun 2022 #14
She should move to Afghanistan. diane in sf Jun 2022 #16
Thomas Jefferson would be so proud... Grins Jun 2022 #17
And that church Turbineguy Jun 2022 #19
Stupid people make me sad. This one makes me want to slit my wrist! Alwaysna Jun 2022 #22
From her lips to SCOTUS' ears Takket Jun 2022 #24
Teh stupid shanti Jun 2022 #25
She doesn't say it completely, duforsure Jun 2022 #26
Disgusting. ck4829 Jun 2022 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author ck4829 Jun 2022 #28
...and she will likely be re-elected In It to Win It Jun 2022 #29

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. Welcome to the Christian Republic of the United States
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:42 PM
Jun 2022

Like Iran but with asshole theocrats who speak English.

BigmanPigman

(51,565 posts)
4. Did she address the abortions she has had in her past?
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:45 PM
Jun 2022

Huh? And I am not even mentioning the prostitution. What a fucking hypocrite. She stands out as one of the biggest hypocrites but that field has been so full it is harder to find a GQP rep who ISN'T a lying, greedy hypocrite with secrets in their closet.

CloudWatcher

(1,845 posts)
20. Some of the stories about her were proven false
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 02:30 AM
Jun 2022

I totally despise the woman, but there's no need to repeat stuff that's been disproven. In particular, it seems the escort story didn't survive examination.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/25/politics/fact-check-super-pac-lauren-boebert-escort-abortion-sugar-daddy/index.html

lastlib

(23,140 posts)
15. yeah. Fine, Boobert. Pack your bags, I'll buy your ticket to Saudi Arabia.
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 12:38 AM
Jun 2022

You want religion in charge of the government, you can have it.

Response to lastlib (Reply #15)

keithbvadu2

(36,640 posts)
7. Which church would she want to be in charge?
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:51 PM
Jun 2022

We have plenty of people who want to be the Christian Ayatollah of America.

tulipsandroses

(5,122 posts)
8. Which church? Catholic? Presbyterian, Pentecostal?
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:53 PM
Jun 2022

Baptist? Church of Latter Day Saints? Jehovah’s Witness? Anglican, Episcopal ?

The Pentecostal church that I grew up in says women cannot wear pants. Does boobert think that church gets to make the decisions?

DBoon

(22,338 posts)
9. "The church is supposed to direct the government."
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:53 PM
Jun 2022

Which church? Hers? Why does her church get to tell everyone else what to do? Catholics and Protestants don't even have the same versions of the bible!

What is she going to do with churches that don't agree with hers? Imprison their members? Exile them? Torture them until they covert to her church? Declare war on them?

There were some very bloody wars in Europe over just these questions. Separation of church and state was meant to ensure these wars do not happen in the US.

madaboutharry

(40,184 posts)
10. This is what ignorance looks like.
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:55 PM
Jun 2022

She was miseducated, dropped out of high school, and more likely than not never reads a book. If she wasn’t such a terrible person I might feel a bit sorry for her.

I can’t imagine what it is like to know so little and have no ability to understand that there is so much you don’t know.

duforsure

(11,884 posts)
26. She doesn't say it completely,
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:00 AM
Jun 2022

She wants her religion to base law on, not other religions. Is it time then for religious institutions to be taxed then? What about the separation of church and state? Hope this idiot loses her primary tomorrow, then gets indicted and locked up.

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