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Marthe48

(16,935 posts)
9. Exchange student from Costa Rica
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 10:11 AM
Mar 2019

She was in sports, and some of her team members was talking about their divorced parents and visiting each one, how hard the scheduling was. They asked our student how people in Costa Rica handled divorce. She said, "The issue doesn't come up. The Church is the State. It is against the Church to get a divorce, so there is barely any divorce."

The Church is the State.

Who wants that? Especially when every cult in the U.S. has its own ideas on religious guidelines.

I remember when JFK had to assure the American people that his religion would not influence his leadership. Now, you have cheating, lying fanatics promising they are Christians, and gullible sheep willingly following them to slaughter.

Hell, yes! sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #1
Ironically, a secular, nontheistic, religiously neutral America no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #2
Not ironic at all plimsoll Mar 2019 #8
And that's a good thing.... reACTIONary Mar 2019 #17
Absolutely thegoose Mar 2019 #3
Absolutely. No playing favorites. No playing anything at all. LS_Editor Mar 2019 #4
Yes. This isn't Vatican City, okay? calimary Mar 2019 #5
I long for a secular America! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #6
Freedom of religion also means diverdownjt Apr 2019 #18
The 3 wise men were pagans. watoos Mar 2019 #7
Exchange student from Costa Rica Marthe48 Mar 2019 #9
Remember Kim Davis, the KY anti-LGBT clerk? Lonestarblue Mar 2019 #10
Mickey Rooney married 7 times Marthe48 Mar 2019 #13
YES. nt Mars and Minerva Mar 2019 #11
The Separation of Church and State Was the Wisest Thing That Our Founding Fathers Did panfluteman Mar 2019 #12
Yes ... and yes again! WestCoastDem42 Mar 2019 #14
No religions. Period. angrychair Mar 2019 #15
Freedom Of Religion Progressive2020 Mar 2019 #16
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