Religious conservatives see opportunities for fresh gains after a series of victories during Trump’s first term. Rights advocates see a dangerous blurring of church and state.

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    5 months ago

    Even better, a big chunk of the founders put their name to this treaty paragraph:

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      Treat of Tripoli, yes?

      I understand what they were doing there when it comes to diplomacy and pointing out the facts about our country’s founding, but I do wonder if they knew about the “People of the Book” thing within Islam.

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        Yes, the 1796 Treaty of Tripoli, English version

        I don’t think that much of Congress knew much of anything about Islam, though a few had in fact read a translation of the Koran