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walkingman

(11,163 posts)
Thu May 1, 2025, 09:35 PM May 2025

President Trump picks Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to lead religion commission in DC

Source: Houston Cronicle

President Donald Trump picked Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Thursday to lead a commission on religious liberty that will be tasked in part with identifying threats to religious communities.

Patrick will lead the 14-member commission, which includes former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Rev. Franklin Graham and TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw, who lives in Dallas.

Read more: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/dan-patrick-trump-religious-commission-20305682.php



Their heroes all in one place. Praise Jesus
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Comrade Citizen

(344 posts)
3. Lucky for him, DC is a short commute from his hometown in Maryland
Thu May 1, 2025, 09:44 PM
May 2025
As a real Texan from Baltimore, Dannie Goeb can now spread his greatness nationwide.

John1956PA

(5,119 posts)
6. Patrick honored his pledge and paid a charity of Fetterman's choosing . . .
Thu May 1, 2025, 09:48 PM
May 2025

. . . the sum of $10,000 (I think) because Fetterman took on Patrick's challenge and found evidence of 2000 voter fraud in Pennsylvania, which turned out to have been perpetrated by a GOP operative.

SamKnause

(14,946 posts)
8. A commission on make believe.
Thu May 1, 2025, 10:03 PM
May 2025

Maybe they will set up a commission on Zeus.

Fuck theocracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BigMin28

(1,875 posts)
9. Of course
Thu May 1, 2025, 10:06 PM
May 2025

The hypocrite who employed undocumented workers at his bar yet sees them as less than human is going to save us all. Danny Goeb, his real name, can FOAD!

Karasu

(2,081 posts)
10. Sure has been trying hard to pander to the religious loons lately...probably because he knows they're stupid enough to
Thu May 1, 2025, 11:10 PM
May 2025

still buy into this fascist shit even as his numbers tank.

Bayard

(30,295 posts)
11. Calling Ron Reagan!
Thu May 1, 2025, 11:18 PM
May 2025


"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" says the U.S. Constitution.

PSPS

(15,376 posts)
12. LOL. Ben Carson seems to have a personal, intimate relationship with The Big J
Thu May 1, 2025, 11:29 PM
May 2025

He has a painting in his house to prove it! (I presume the bathrobe and the grins are telling us something.)


James48

(5,255 posts)
13. What? No Jews? No Buddists? No Jehova Witnesses?
Fri May 2, 2025, 12:27 AM
May 2025

If you are going to do religion- why play with only a quarter of the deck?

walkingman

(11,163 posts)
15. LOL, no Abbott will more than likely invite the commission to
Fri May 2, 2025, 12:36 AM
May 2025

set up HQ in Texas. The clown car is turning into a bus.

progree

(13,078 posts)
16. It's also a first step in coming up with Chriria law (the Christian counterpart of Sharia law) that they will begin
Fri May 2, 2025, 12:48 AM
May 2025

Last edited Fri May 2, 2025, 01:34 AM - Edit history (1)

imposing in stages. Some states are already doing that.

Chriria - pronounced cry RHEE yuh.

Perhaps they will also designate some cities as holy cities. Since Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia and probably some others have holy cities, why shouldn't we? (sarc)

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