"Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith defends preventing people from voting on Sunday, because God"

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[elleng]

1. no god or voting in mississippi, obviously.

[Iliyah]

2. Eventually republicans will cry fowl . . .

when these suppression voting rights affects their base.

[MineralMan]

3. See, God only works on Sundays.

So, if people are voting that day, he'll be too busy to keep his eye on the sparrows.

Disaster!

[tecelote]

4. Yeah, we need to get rid of "In God We Trust"

Too much crap is done in the name of God.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. I have a one word response to her but I cannot use it here. NOT EVERYONE BELIEVES LIKE YOU!

Hypocritical idiot. How did Sue Ann The Happy Homemaker get elected?

I read her Wiki 2x and cannot see that she ever had a job outside of government.

[Raven123]

6. In that case I am sure all businesses are closed on Sunday in Mississippi.

[Nevilledog]

9. God even lets you buy alcohol on Sunday.

And......here's Hyde-Smith being sworn in on.....you guessed it.....a Sunday!

Link to tweet

[crickets]

16. Ha! Good one. nt

[onecaliberal]

7. They HATE God. They do not follow his words. They all need to be in a psych ward.

[Raven123]

8. Wonder if Hyde-Smith conducts politics on Sunday.

Has she ever campaigned? Sent out messages?

[Nevilledog]

10. See post 9

[walkingman]

11. Having been born in Mississippi and seeing the racism and bigotry, left there as soon

as I could. Thank God. That lady is a goddamn idiot.

[bluestarone]

12. These people use God ONLY

When it serves THEIR purpose!

[rustbeltvoice]

13. Evangelicals, especially Republicans,

do not see God as being the omnipotent Prime Mover; but a servant for their desires--a magician in their hire, or a trained beast.

[Deuxcents]

14. Taliban

Evangelical style in Mississippi... always have exceptions for the hypocrites like her.

[Solly Mack]

15. Idiot. Bigot. Entitled piece of shit. The "sabbath" day isn't the same for all religions.

But some Christians just can't help themselves. Always behaving as if Christianity is IT. The end all and be all. The ONLY religion that counts, that matters. In fact, a sabbath day is meaningless to a whole lot of us. Myself included.


All that said.

Religious reasons for interfering with the rights of the people should be held up to scorn and ridicule.

People like her shouldn't be allowed to hold public office.

Keep your knee-jerk to yourself. I didn't say people who practice a religion shouldn't be allowed to hold office.

Only those who would impose their religion on others. Those who would use it as an excuse to attack the rights and liberties of others.

Yes, I am an atheist.

[Carlitos Brigante]

17. Did anyone ask "senator Cleta" if she eats shellfish or has ever worn mixed fabrics? nt

[panader0]

18. Black church congregations like to go vote as a group after Sunday services.

Surely that has nothing to do with this right?
sarcasm

[LiberalFighter]

19. The government is not suppose to make laws based on religion.

[atreides1]

20. Churchianity

She isn't exactly a follower of Christ as much as she appears to be a follower religious system...I would say that the vast majority of believers like her are exactly the same...they believe in the religious system more then they believe in the teachings of Christ!!!


Churchianity: focuses on religiosity and external practices such as regular church going, attending masses and religiously adhering to various customs & traditions of the church. Churchianity is often characterized by Self righteousness, Sectarianism, Dogmatism and legalism.

[DFW]

21. The founding fathers would have put her on a boat back to England with Cornwallis for that

And the "In God We Trust" bit wasn't put on our money until 1864 (the 2 cent piece) and not on the rest until starting with 1866 (coins smaller than the quarter, not until the 20th century). None of the Founding Fathers lived to see it happen, and probably never wold have approved.

It wasn't used to replace "E Pluribus Unum" as the national motto until 1954, when McCarthyism was all the rage. If her god really wanted to forbid voting on Sunday, he would come into the hearing room at the Senate and say so. Just in case anyone is holding their breath in anticipation of that happening, you can stop. He won't do it.

Senator Snide-Quip can take her phony piety and stick it wherever she likes, but Jefferson and Madison would have had her expelled from the drafting of the Constitution in 1787 for that kind of nonsense.

[SamKnause]

22. I have never been to Mississippi.

Does the entire state shut down on Sundays ???

Are all businesses closed on Sundays ???

I will make a guess and say no.

What a bullshit argument.

[walkingman]

26. The one thing you can count on in Mississippi is...

no matter the topic it will always come back to religion. They have been crying religious persecution for as long as I can remember. All the while displaying without apology blatant racism, covert racism, bible justified racism, and KKK style racism.

As a child I saw several KKK cross burnings (later 60's) and as soon as I graduated HS ('68) I left. And now as 70 yo I find myself in Texas which I see turning into the "new Mississippi" and I'm too damn old to run away from it this time - also not sure where I could go these days. After seeing what has happened these last few years I think the same attitudes permeate most of the entire US.

So damn sad.

[Progressive Jones]

23. I can think of nothing much more "holy" than good citizenship and democracy.

I've had it up to here with being forced to follow the religious "rules" of others.

Do these people not understand that our Constitution is what allows their open worship of deities?

[demtenjeep]

24. Exodus is in the OLD testament. EVERYONE knows that the New testament is what we are to follow

now.


That was also made quite clear in the Bible



Ms. confederate=smith go back to Sunday School

[maxsolomon]

25. She isn't trying to persuade.

She is filling the available space with bullshit, seeking to muddy debate, and exhaust the patience of Dems. She's one of several wastes of oxygen in the GOP Senate, along with Tuberville.

She might as well be reading Ipsum Lorem.