Mississippi GOP senator says it's wrong to vote on Sunday for religious reasons

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill


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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday said she believed it's wrong to hold voting events on Sunday due to religious reasons.


As The Washington Post reports, Hyde-Smith made the remarks in response to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who criticized state governments that have pushed legislation that would limit voting on Sundays.

"Why did the Georgia legislature only pick Sundays to say there should be no early voting on Sunday?" Schumer said on Wednesday. "We know why. It's because that's the day African Americans vote in the 'Souls to the Poll' operation where they go from church to vote. It's despicable."

A series of new bills advanced in the Georgia state legislature by GOP lawmakers in early March would limit voter access by ending no-excuse absentee voting and automatic voter registration, limit early voting on weekends and shorten the time voters have to request absentee ballots. Voting activists have criticized the bill as racist as Black churches have a history of using Sundays to encourage voters to cast their ballots.

"Georgia is a Southern state just like Mississippi, and I cannot speak for Georgia, but I can speak for Mississippi on why we would never do that on Sunday," Hyde-Smith said later, according to the Post.


Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mississippi-gop-senator-says-its-wrong-to-vote-on-sunday-for-religious-reasons/ar-BB1eVP0F?li=BBnb7Kz

[Judi Lynn]

1. Sen. Hyde-Smith Says No Voter Events on 'Holy' Sundays. Why Were Her Own Campaign Events Exempt?

Larrison Campbell 2 hrs ago

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) has defended a Republican effort to restrict voting on Sundays—a move critics say would suppress voting in minority communities—by invoking the Bible to argue the Sabbath should be free of political activity to “keep it holy.”

“Georgia is a Southern state just like Mississippi,” she said, during a hearing on Wednesday about a Senate voting rights bill. “And I cannot speak for Georgia, but I can speak for Mississippi on why we would never do that on Sunday or hold an election on a Sunday.”

But that’s one part of the Bible that Hyde-Smith didn’t apply to her own electioneering.

In 2018, as she campaigned for her Senate seat in a hotly contested runoff, then-candidate Hyde-Smith hosted back-to-back events in Columbus and Meridian, Mississippi, according to videos obtained by The Daily Beast.

More:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sen-hyde-smith-says-no-voter-events-on-holy-sundays-why-were-her-own-campaign-events-exempt/ar-BB1eW9PC?li=BBnb7Kz

[Trueblue1968]

8. because she is a STINKING HYPOCRITE.

If she says God told her can't vote on sundays, then why did she hold her very own EVIL, STINKING, BARF-O-RAMA EVENTS.

[Trueblue1968]

9. Better cancel football and baseball, then.

[elleng]

2. failing to 'remember' the OLD TESTAMENT, the Sabbath was/is Friday/SATURDAY.

(noted on MSNBC)

[RussBLib]

30. Does not even know her bible

And quotes from it.

Talk about a fucking idiot. And liar.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Guess what? NOBODY IS MAKING YOU VOTE ON SUNDAY ...

For fucks sake!!!

They're pathological liars and hypocritical phonies, every last RePuQ.

[TomDaisy]

4. but it's ok to attend an NFL football game on Sunday I guess. Huh.

[msongs]

5. lawrence odonnell just undid her baloney use of the bible to justify no votes on sunday lol

1st she got the verse wrong and second that verse referred to old testament and voting on the sabbath which saturday not sunday

[OhioChick]

6. Senate and House Members were sworn in on Sunday, Jan 3 with their hand on a Bible

If they all can be sworn in on a Sunday, we can all vote on a Sunday.

[Grammy23]

7. She must have attended the same Sunday School classes that tRump did.

Maybe got a few of her facts and verses a little mixed up.

[COL Mustard]

22. I Think She Let Him Grab Her By The.....

You fill in the blank.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Depends on someone's particular religion or if they espouse any religion at all

[mwooldri]

11. What about the part about Congress not establishing a religion?

Cannot use the religious argument for no voting on a Sunday. Otherwise someone should establish a firm religious belief that they could only vote on a Sunday and then test it in court.

[Behind the Aegis]

12. That was the first thing that came to my mind too!

Besides, no is required to vote on Sunday.

[SunSeeker]

13. Even if she really believed that, it's a violation of the separation of church and state to force it

The very first words of the the First Amendment are, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."

If she thinks keeping Sunday "holy" --and refraining from voting--is a requirement of the bible she believes in, then that is her religious belief. But she cannot force others to comply with her religious beliefs. That violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment requiring separation of church and state. It also prohibits the free exercise of religion of those who think voting on Sunday ("Souls to the Polls" ) is doing what God wants.

[pstokely]

14. Sunday is for the lawd

and NFL and NASCAR

[Vinca]

15. If "souls to the polls" happened on Monday the whole bill would be changed to Monday.

[King_Klonopin]

16. Yah, right! And the next time a Baptist preacher goes off telling people how to vote

I'm sure you will make the same argument as well.

I think she misspoke. What she meant to say is that it's wrong to vote on Sunday if your black.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Is she advicating Blue Laws to close down everything else too?

Immoral to eat on Sunday, to buy a newspaper, go out to dinner, no? By her logic?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

18. It's also wrong to be a racist right-wing asshole seven days a week.

No religion needed to reach that conclusion.


GOP = Hypocrisy-R-Us......

[truthisfreedom]

19. Yet you can buy guns in Mississippi in a Sunday.

[twodogsbarking]

20. Every day is a treasure

so enjoy them all.

[TNNurse]

21. Hey Cindy,

I bet God does not like you using his name to defend your racism.

[bucolic_frolic]

23. So if Schumer schedules Senate votes on Sunday, she won't participate? Is that what she said?

Just want to be sure she's not lying.

[ad121rome]

24. Church and State

Prime example of why the founding Fathers wrote the Constitution the way it is. A distinct separation of church and state. They did not want the church dictating policy or imposing church beliefs on the citizens of the United States. The US was not founded on religious culture or beliefs and must continue without regard to any religious doctrine.

[Evolve Dammit]

25. Pure cornpone. When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.

[CrispyQ]

26. But shopping is OK? Drinking is OK? Going to the movies is OK?

What a hypocritical, stupid POS.

[jonstl08]

27. Sabbath Day Sunday???

Unless I am wrong on my bible history but isn't the Sabbath traditionally on a Saturday and not Sunday.

[rickyhall]

28. It's also wrong to do politics from the pulpit.

[Mz Pip]

29. No one is forcing him to

These religious zealots need to leave their beliefs outside the floor of Congress.

[rkleinberger]

31. The problem is Manchin who has not signed onto the voting rights act.

Furthermore, he is being courted by the likes of the Heritage Foundation and Freedom Caucus to oppose it. This is the serious issue that needs to be addressed and overcome very soon otherwise he will cause the loss of the House and Senate in 2022.

[lagomorph777]

33. He's now the biggest threat to Democracy.

[lagomorph777]

32. So don't vote for religious reasons. On any day.

Vote for moral reasons, on Sunday, or any day you like.

[LiberalLovinLug]

34. What about the folks that do not consider religion important in their lives?

Do not consider it a "holy day"?

But they are the dispossessed with no voice.

[joetheman]

35. Well be sure to close down all the malls, gyms, and parks.

You FFF

[MFGsunny]

36. Repuke hypocrisy reeks - fraudulent and feckless. n/t