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Festivito

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10. When they start, acknowledge they have the right to hate.
Tue May 19, 2026, 06:28 PM
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It is the right of free Americans to hate. A house with many hatreds inside. Lives inside with many hatreds.

( Because it is their right.)

This is a house where the freedom to hate is clear. And it is your right as well as theirs.


No judgment about it being good or bad. Nope. No bless your heart. Just we're in a house of a different religion. And we believe in the freedom of others to have a different religion.
That we each are free to practice that it might lead to the separation of church and state that Thomas Jefferson wanted.

If you go to a wedding or a funeral in someone else's church and they have stinky incense that you don't like, you just stay as long as you can stand it. Respect the good side of what you know of them. But respect yourself as well. Don't run out with your hands, flailing in the air, though.

You do not have to push your religion. That might be to love the least of these. Not to hate the least of these. But that is your choice not theirs.

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