• Pyr@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    God given rights?

    Didn’t the British leave Britain for America to get away from the church and give themselves their own rights?

    • Baŝto@discuss.tchncs.de
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      17 hours ago

      Not just Britain and no. A lot of very religious people fled there because they were persecuted by differently religious people. That’s why the US constitution also protects freedom of religion.

      Though the US constitution doesn’t seem to mention the word “god” somewhere.

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      22 hours ago

      In the Church of England, God’s authority is channeled through the monarch, similarly to how in Catholicism it is channeled through the Pope.

      If you make a new deal with Him, you can get Him to give you different rights.