There are many "religious people" in America who support immoral positions: incarcerating children because Trump claims they are threatening us; forgiving illegal and immoral activities of their leaders (Trump at al abusing women, wives, and their own children); violating standards of civility and coarsening society with lies, half-truths, subversion of honesty, loyalty, patriotism, and basic human values.
These same religious types subvert sexuality, love, compassion, sensuality and normal life by purporting to have "moral high ground" on all these human activities. Religion has put itself at odds with reality. Boys and girls are taught that sexual activity is just wrong -- the "original sin" in fact. The South is filled with these religious zealot-hypocrites.
The "new Puritanism" is infecting more and more human minds in the U.S. It mocks and indicts all of the persecuted peoples who fled to America to find tolerance: Amish, Salzburgers, Shakers, Jews, Muslims --- and instead brought their worst prejudices with them. Hypocrisy flourishes among the arrogant zealots -- and it harms us all.
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