AOC: because the only time "religious freedom" is invoked, is in the name of bigotry and discriminat

[In It to Win It]

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[Walleye]

1. If she stays in the House, she will make a great speaker

Schumer should be retiring before too long maybe she’ll make it to the Senate. That was a great speech. Worthy of Teddy Kennedy

[EnergizedLib]

2. Exactly

Just like the only time states rights are invoked is to hurt people. I don’t see any 10th Amendment mouth breathers pushing back against a proposed national abortion ban.

[Magoo48]

3. Well said.

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[Emile]

5. K&R

[Buckeyeblue]

6. More people need to say this

[Wounded Bear]

7. She definitely has a point...

[mollie8]

8. needs more exposure

This made cold chills when I heard it. Not often moved so deeply.

[Sky Jewels]

9. The messages attributed to the Bible character "Jesus" are good ones, as AOC pointed out.

Sadly, in this country, religion is used primarily as a tool of oppression to further the patriarchy and male supremacy. The very framing of the major monotheisms are very anti-women -- all the major characters in the Mesopotamia-originated mythologies that still have widespread cultural acceptance are male (Yahweh/God/Allah, Jesus, Mohammad, Moses, etc.), and women are depicted as lessers, not worthy of power in any church or in any part of society. When people talk about wanting "religious freedom" it's almost always a code for wanting to continue to oppress women (and gay people) without paying any consequences.

[housecat]

10. She is everything Dems love and Pubes hate. She is a smart, strong, beautiful Latina woman. Go AOC!