The Danger Of Religion Controlling Politics | State Of Grace | Refinery29

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[@Yungkingstonn]

They should stop throwing gays off buildings and women should have more rights in the middle east

[@rurutuM]

@@Yungkingstonn the rich and the royal family needs a scapegoat or their pissed off poor civilians will revolt and toss their asses off buildings. You are all being manipulated by the rich

[@FrankDeMarco]

Would be nice to fix our broken election system, But VOTE no matter what!

[@mbplmommy]

Sorry but no I built my company as a single mom progressive socialist seek to steal that from me. Capitalism works not my problem that some people aren't smart enough to make it work for them. I did and unlike AOC says yes you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

[@JayBeckah]

@@mbplmommy - Just wondering, are you caucasian by any chance?

[@cantbeleveitsnotnaru]

If anyone is wondering, Nabilah lost with 12.5% of the vote. But damn that's an amazing first run! I hope she continues to run for office.

[@Fairiekin]

Thanks for the update. I hope she continues to run!!

[@delenaisrealbithes]

Thank you so much for letting us know!

[@lisawise4204]

I was about to say! Yes, I hope she does run again, and hopefully she’ll have more support now that she’s more known.

[@shapeshifter2468]

aww man

[@mattalley4330]

I wish it wasnt the case, but her last name is not helping her. Its wrong. It shouldnt matter, but in modern America sadly it does.

[@xXsarahshoutneverXx]

I’m so thankful for grace being willing to have hard conversations, we need more of this.

[@refinery29]

+sarahannalee We could not agree more! Thanks for being here! 😊

[@akagrimreaper6702]

It is so educating

[@runningerins4027]

Separation of Church and State. That's why there are private Catholic/ Christian/ Jewish schools. If you can not afford those options (because they are ridiculously expensive), then you must understand that public schools are, well, public. And everyone has different views/ religions, and you need to respect that.

[@janaynmelis5250]

Wow, I can't believe a teacher tried to change her name and another told her she couldn't be a politician. Kudos to her for being persistent!

[@cascada122321]

Shocking and exposes one fact, don’t listen to teachers who tell you NO

[@hadara69]

The name changing thing is pretty common, sadly. Or at least, it used to be. I Anglosized my own Latino name just to fit in, growing up in the 70s/80s. Took it back around 25yo and never looked back.

[@nellieken]

How is Nabilah a hard name to pronounce?

[@brendansmith5529]

I know! Like literally just three syllables, and none of them are hard to pronounce.

[@starcherry6814]

IKR I bet they can pronounce names like Aphrodite flawlessly! 🤣

[@BlackDeath12345]

Ur name is much harder lol

[@Lilacrosepetalleaf]

It's not.That says all you need to know really.

[@meyeneetuks4680]

@Marilyn R bruh when u lived as long as i hav sumtime u wish for a nikname lol

[@alessandradonnelly1941]

Grace is such an amazing host! Love her perspective on these issues.

[@ela_toile]

I’m a pagan Slav, I don’t care what you believe in as long as you believe in human rights. Religion doesn’t have a place in politics.

[@refinery29]

+yuliay Agreed!

[@phinonxblueblood8451]

Agree 100%

[@Mitchery]

For real? I thought all Slavic pagans were all regressive far right-wingers.

[@tiffprendergast]

Yulia Y yup

[@tiffprendergast]

Refinery29 leave trump alone

[@37kit]

Honestly anyone who still support trump after he clearly made his stance on blacklivesmatter doesn’t deserve to be humanize on social media or tv. There’s no middle ground anymore, you either value lives or you’re a trump supporter that’s it.

[@julz8618]

I agree that they are white supremacist/nazi you can have those values without supporting a person who ignored a experts and now we have 104,000 people dead in the U.S. alone

[@MyvIsLove2]

agreed

[@AbbyMichal]

Trumps stance was not on that blacklivesmatter don’t deserve to be humanize on social media or tv? He tweeted out saying ....”These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen.” He was referring to those who were burning down target, stealing tvs and x boxes. People who were looting pawnshops, they took all the jewelry, broke the glass of Starbucks and destroyed everything inside. That’s specific group of people were not protesters, they were the definition of a thug. The same word Obama used in a tweet while in Presidency, but never got ridiculed for.

[@kataratify]

@@AbbyMichal So Trump saying that the NFL should ban Kaepernick? For peacefully kneeling over the same issue? Or the full page ad on the central park 5 who were found innocent? Yeah, sorry not sorry - Trump doesn't care about anyone but himself. Including his own voters.

[@deeptobhattacharyya3249]

I don't think that's how we should deal with the issues, almost everyone had a conservative ancestor, but they either educated themsleves or were educated by someone else, so some ppl might be adamant conservatives but if we start dehumanizing them then we'd be the new conservatives, fight for everyone's rights but educate ppl as well, be the real wise guy not a conservative under a liberal narrative

[@JunoYellowfox]

The interviewer looked like she was holding back laughs when interviewing the Christian running for the Republican Party especially when she admitted that Trump has not been the best Christian. I think at least as a Christian you need to be aware of wolves in sheep's clothing. I would hope by now Christians have recognized he will say anything to get elected. Words will never be worth as much as actions.

[@hadara69]

Haha I wouldn't be able to hold back the laughter. The look in that woman's eyes betray her lame excuses for the orange man-baby.

[@starcherry6814]

Maybe if more Americans knew how peaceful the religion of Islam is they'd see it as less of a big deal she's Muslim And vote for her! 👏

[@refinery29]

+starcherry So true!

[@tiffprendergast]

Marianne Havisham yes

[@ginandromeda1618]

@@ericawilson9490 where is it?

[@ginandromeda1618]

@@ericawilson9490 in which country do you live, hun? Where do they teach it?

[@spiritof6986]

I think that maybe you should read the quran, sweetheart. There are plenty of good hearted and right minded Muslims, but Islam is most certainly not a religion of peace. Throughout it's entire history, it has been a religion spread by the sword. All sweetness and light while very few in power in whatever country, but once numbers are established, it changes. Fast.

[@briellegiesemann957]

The title of this video is misleading. I was pleasantly surprised to learn about Nabilah’s campaign, which was the focal point of the video, but wasn’t expecting that content at all. This video included a very short piece of the host in conversation with a Christian Trump supporter, but they didn’t discuss the LGBTQ+ community and religion as the title insinuates. It’s a shame this video’s title doesn’t reflect the actual content of the video: Muslim women of color running for office and the role Christianity plays in politics.

[@SemlerMusic]

I agree with you. Unfortunately I have no say in the title, but I would like to see it changed.

[@Sailor.Catracha]

Agree!

[@SemlerMusic]

We got it changed!

[@refinery29]

+briellegiesemann Thanks for your feedback and for watching!

[@agirlwithdreams15]

"LGBTQ+ Christian" is supposed to refer to Grace, but it definitely does give a sense that LGBT issues would be a major topic discussed.

[@PHlophe]

Nabilah In the posters she's been airbrushed very light skin. Representation is so tricky that she can't even be brown. Sigh

[@katlccn]

If everyone can experience living as a minority, the world would be so much more understanding and just :) I’m a minority Christian in a majority Muslim country.

[@katlccn]

Jarol Rivera I see your point - people’s reactions show variability. In real life situations, there is always a probability for deviance. Though, I don’t think you defined Jews quite accurately. The Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora happened in the Middle Ages, they headed towards Germany and they were the Jews who eventually had to endure the Holocaust. Jews cannot be defined as European people who converted. Furthermore, the Holocaust happened in the 1930s. That’s even before my grandma was born. I don’t assume I know my grandmother’s or parent’s struggles as much as they do. I know my grandma probably struggled during the Dutch and Japanese occupation. My parents also struggled during the Chinese Indonesian persecution, when people of my ethnic minority group were raped, killed, etc. in the 1990s, but they, the national school curriculum, and our television media rarely talk about it because it was a painful recent past. Only through research from other sources, I could understand slightly better. I imagine, it would be a relatively similar situation to children of Jewish migrants already living comfortably in US soil, almost a century later. I even probably had to learn more than most Jews my age in the US about Jewish persecution during the Nazi regime. At the German school I went to, we had to spend many school years intensively discussing about the situation after WWI, leading up to the rise of Hitler and his Nazi Regime, the political parties, propaganda, persecution of Jews, Sinti, Roma, Homosexuals, etc. Meanwhile just two years ago, a group of high school boys in Wisconsin took a class photo doing the Nazi salute. That’s three years prison time or a fine in Germany. Apparently, not in the US, where Jewish kids (among others) are taught that Columbus discovered America, which is probably the actual source of their racist minds. PS: If you haven’t seen the movie Hidden Figures, please do. There’s a scene that supports this comment :D (yes, I know it’s just a movie)

[@stephaniegrabreck7379]

Miss LGBT Christian lady here. You're so cool. Thank you for having the courage to be you and touch on controversial things. Thank you so much. I don't have to be the only one who tries to, cause you're out there doing it too. I keep forgetting your name but you know if you went to any church or bible study I went to, or came from the same town.... guaranteed we'd be talking for hours. I'm camera shy though... I don't like pictures. I'd be in the closet because I like my obscurity. I feel safer behind the computer. I watch like all your videos or a lot of them. It's always something I care about.

[@heather_bee]

State of Grace is the best series and I'm so sad I found it once it's over 😭

[@jazz-m4q]

I hope she runs again, I didn't know this was happening so close to me! A responsible voter should care about a candidate who cares about the issues and being a true representative of their district.

[@laurawimberley1839]

Let's take religion out of politics. Run on policy.

[@lsainte]

Can we get more State of Grace please?? This is excellent content

[@cassmills4509]

right????

[@Esthersnest]

I really, really, really love these series! 🙂

[@refinery29]

+estherbeam We're so glad you do! ❤️

[@naemi37]

I'm Japanese and this series is really really interesting

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+naemi37 Thanks for joining us here!

[@doobieddooo]

Funny thing is there is nothing conservative about her. Some People think Muslims are ultra conservative, but there is a wide diversity in political and social beliefs.

[@krzlcve]

Absolutely inspiring! Wishing her luck in getting elected!

[@refinery29]

Thanks for joining us here!

[@ruffey1748]

9:24, I shouted!! lmaooo. Grace was desperately trying to hold in that laugh! "Infancy stage Christian??? Ma'am? Is that your euphemism of the day or something?!" LOL

[@tiffprendergast]

Ruffey yeah

[@Vale-dh1tn]

Grace’s face at 9:22 after being told that there’s “room for growth” with Pres. Trump is effing hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can’t. 💀

[@skeletonhearts]

Ugh that was a beautiful documentary series, that so informative thank you for making this

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

Keep this up Grace! We need your voice. Thank you.

[@saramorosetti1332]

It would be amazing if these videos were longer! :)

[@refinery29]

+saramorosetti So glad you think so!

[@austincaton8754]

Conversations need to be had. I am a Christian, conservative and Gay. I can work to find common ground. That is the beauty of life! I don’t agree about ICE, Abortion or Medicare for all for purely statistical and factual reasons. May the grace of God be with you! Thank you for all of your beautiful videos :)

[@MyvIsLove2]

its so crazy to me how big of a role religion plays in the us. voting for trump tbh is just stupidity, especially if you think this man believes in anything else than himself

[@tiffprendergast]

Shoko he believes in USA

[@MollyEstesCooper]

Shes getting my vote! This is my hometown!

[@refinery29]

+mollyestes That is so amazing to hear!!

[@bobbieparsons841]

Grace, your work is important and I appreciate all your putting into this world.

[@meganobertone6679]

young intelligent women/people like you give me more hope♡

[@roselife8797]

Does she not know how Trump treats women?

[@carlaeyyy649]

And she's black?? And still a trumper-- yikes

[@meyeneetuks4680]

@@carlaeyyy649 shes not technically black as in like african american. She looks Arabic/middle eastern. Unless ur using black 2 describe anyone thats got darker skin then ok. But just kno that people wont think that. Black usually means african American

[@tiffprendergast]

Meyene Etuks yup

[@jillchristensen5093]

Somebody please refresh my memory, but where does the Bible classify Christians as babies, toddlers, adolescents, etc? Is that in II Confusions?

[@catherineharding4009]

I’m not aware of the verse (I’m not Christian) but from my understanding (I went to Catholic school for years) ‘The Church’ wants it’s congregation to be ‘like a child’ in the sense of innocence or purines and a fear of God. That’s just what I’ve been taught!

[@theoriginalroodootoo]

This is the closest: Hebrews 5:13-14: "Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil." Let me be clear though, this church which was written to in this book was characterised everyone giving money to those struggling, making women and slaves leaders over all(absolutely radical for its time), adopting orphan children who would have otherwise starved and determined anti-racism (another book asks people to not lift one race among another). Those were non-negotiable values. Trump would have been completely unrecognisable as a Christ-follower to them.

[@tiffprendergast]

Ruth Hilditch vegans?

[@clay24572]

I wonder if Grace would be willing to talk about Christians viewpoints on peoples hardships. I head a lot of times "God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers" and that phrase has severly hurt me over the years. When bad things happened in my life, I was only told to pray about it, then when nothing changed, i was told to meet those prayers with actions. It turned into a cycle of no one around me being willing to help, just me and my supposed God having to get through it. It has made me completely lose faith that he cares about anything that is happening to me. Anyway, I wonder if she would be wiling to discuss because I LOVE her videos and would love to see one like that.

[@syzygy1814]

as indonesia I'm crying while watching this bcs only few of people up for conversation, this is why i love to watch this kind of video bcs at least i can listen to the conversation

[@brendansmith5529]

Great to see Christians and Muslims working together for a better, kinder America! Wish I could like this video more than once!

[@refinery29]

+themanthelegend Thanks so much for watching! So glad you enjoyed!

[@jaycee_2376]

I THINK SHE SHOULDN'T VOTE FOR TRUMP AND FIGHT FOR HER WOMEN'S RIGHTS

[@Amel-o6g]

Yes

[@MissAdamLambert888]

Women's rights are a JOKE. It's all "wOmeNs RIghTs" until that woman is a female baby in the WOMB. Then she has literally no rights whatsoever. I'm glad the right woke me up to this.

[@janhhh4852]

MissAdamLambert888 a three month old fetus (with XX - chromosomes) isn’t a woman

[@loonaverse3200]

MissAdamLambert888 it’s not a baby. It’s a clump of cells

[@MissAdamLambert888]

@@loonaverse3200 Keep telling yourself that, whatever makes you sleep at night. You are de-huminizing people. It's not a fucking hamburger or a baby dolphin. YOU WERE A CLUMP OF CELLS AND STILL FUCKING ARE, MORON.

[@PinkRose0910]

I really enjoyed watching this. I like how you show different opinions and sides of the story.

[@refinery29]

+christina This makes us so happy to hear!

[@JudithBisson]

It’s funny, How can someone vote for someone just because they share the same faith. It’s about policies not religion. If your constituent states they feel that abortion is a sin. But you believe that everyone has a choice to do what they will with their body(I Do). Yet they will still vote for them regardless of their political view point? That’s Fucked Up I’d call that person and infant (her term not mine) for interpretation of a text is just that. Your interpretation, not the person next to you . So With the manipulation of The Bible doz of times over is a view point has gone awry. When I discovered this, my view of this book to be false interpretation of fact. My research also pointed me to the Greek bible, the least manipulated by man.

[@legendteller4893]

Cult-like behavior. Maybe not in it's stereotypical form in every case, but people are afraid of not belonging and are full of their own insecurity, so they mirror the things they were raised to or chose to gravitate towards.

[@katinagehn9337]

Keep up the Grace content! Good luck, Nabilah! ❤️

[@alexandramiles-lasseter8263]

I grew up in Norcross, GA and attended a hugely diverse high school. That has served me well when I moved to the DC area and other parts of the country. Diversity in government representation serves all Americans.

[@Tima.tots850]

Being in Gwinnett would've loved to vote for her honestly. This county is extremely supportive in terms of the minority majority group.

[@barbiezinha5633]

for the first, like, 4 minutes, i thought the title was typed wrong and it was actually about muslims & lgbt... kinda wanna see a video on that now.

[@fajarsetiawan8665]

Update: Nabilah just lost the primary. She finished third against Carolyn Bourdeaux, a Yale-educated moderate white female democrat.

[@glitter.gollum6984]

:(

[@alyssab5501]

Don't give up, Nabilah! You'll get em next time.

[@vigdis628]

its super scary how much it matters what type of god a candidate believes in..

[@hadara69]

Thank Paul Weyrich and Jerry Fallwell for that. Their gross 80s tactics need to be UNDONE.

[@lindseystein9676]

I love that there are younger and more diverse people in government and running for office. The freshman progressives have done so much for all of us, I hope we can vote more into office.

[@beanz6960]

High key love this series

[@refinery29]

+faithbrown Us too!

[@lamichiganr326]

*I am a Christian.* But I am secure in my Christianhood that I can actually respect and live with other people of various faiths and no faith, as it should be.* *I hope Ms. Islam wins, she has a good heart and she is very smart, I am sure she would passionately serve her constituents.*

[@moroccanmecrazy]

Take the religion out of politics and focus on social issues and way to improve the country and all its constituents.

[@tiffprendergast]

Pink Technique yup

[@char8608]

I don’t think anyone should vote for trump

[@walkingaround360]

I think everyone should have the right and freedom to vote for whoever they want

[@tiffprendergast]

Walking Around yeah

[@tiffprendergast]

charlotte hanks lie

[@CuddlePhantom]

There is hostility in Christian homes as well. I can disagree with almost everything about Trump and get a good debate in my house or with family friends and then... "But at least we have a Christian in office" I- just- Can't tell them I don't agree with there faith or how they use it. And I can't say that in my situation. So, it's a lost debate and a lost cause to try to reason sometimes.

[@kataratify]

Here's the thing though, is Trump really Christian? He couldn't name one verse or story in the bible that he liked. TBH I think he's just saying that to get votes...

[@ninjaneer3246]

kataratify He does a lot of things to get votes.

[@CuddlePhantom]

@@kataratify & @Ninjaneer324 I agree with both of you. And lots of people claim to be Christian without upholding the fundamentals of the faith. It's a mess all over...

[@refinery29]

+hopesniopes We're so sorry to hear that. Send you positivity!

[@CuddlePhantom]

@@refinery29 aww♥️ thanks. It's appreciated. ☺️✨

[@Cakingit213]

Being religious in anyway, and by that i mean saying you have your positions on things because of your faith, is a detriment in New Zealand. In general we think "do whatever you want in your religion, but don't bring it to parliament" when those things effect people of a different religion. And I love this, we shun any form of extremist religious notions in all forms.

[@rogermetzger7335]

When I was a boy in the United States in the 1940s and ‘50s, I assumed that everyone defined “religious liberty” the way my parents did: freedom from coercion with regard to religious beliefs, religious practices and religious prohibitions. Somewhere around the 1980s, I learned that some people were using that phrase, “religious liberty” to mean the exact opposite of the way my parents and their friends had used it, i.e. the new definition was: freedom to use coercion with regard to religious beliefs, religious practices and religious prohibitions. Shortly thereafter, I discovered that some people were using yet another definition: freedom to use a person’s religious beliefs as an excuse to discriminate against anyone who disagreed with their religious practices, their religious beliefs or their religious prohibitions. As I study the wide variety of ideas among professed Christians, it becomes obvious that some of them take some parts of the Bible literally while others take other parts literally. Maybe I’m doing that too and just don’t realize it but, for me, the golden rule (Matthew 7:12) means that if I wouldn’t want the government to use my tax money to promote religious beliefs or practices with which I disagree, if I wouldn’t want Congress or the various state legislatures to pass laws to impose religious beliefs or practices with which I disagree or if I wouldn’t want the government to enforce religious prohibitions with which I disagree, I shouldn’t encourage the people who ostensibly “represent” me in government to use tax money, legislation, law enforcement or the courts to promote my religious beliefs, my religious practices or to enforce my religious prohibitions. P.S. Religion is the sum of those beliefs, practices and prohibitions that pertain to a person’s concept of the highest powers of the universe so tax money should not be used to promote atheistic or humanistic or animistic beliefs or practices either.

[@farazr2]

Heck yea, more Bangladeshi representation!!

[@cascada122321]

Second that, super proud of the diversity she will bring to Congress; though little. It’s not about religion when it comes to politics!

[@cole2078]

As a Christian I hate the inequality that other religions have, I have a friend who's Muslim and that doesn't change anything, they're my friend

[@rogermetzger7335]

When I was a boy in the United States in the 1940s and ‘50s, I assumed that everyone defined “religious liberty” the way my parents did: freedom from coercion with regard to religious beliefs, religious practices and religious prohibitions. Somewhere around the 1980s, I learned that some people were using that phrase, “religious liberty” to mean the exact opposite of the way my parents and their friends had used it, i.e. the new definition was: freedom to use coercion with regard to religious beliefs, religious practices and religious prohibitions. Shortly thereafter, I discovered that some people were using yet another definition: freedom to use a person’s religious beliefs as an excuse to discriminate against anyone who disagreed with their religious practices, their religious beliefs or their religious prohibitions. As I study the wide variety of ideas among professed Christians, it becomes obvious that some of them take some parts of the Bible literally while others take other parts literally. Maybe I’m doing that too and just don’t realize it but, for me, the golden rule (Matthew 7:12) means that if I wouldn’t want the government to use my tax money to promote religious beliefs or practices with which I disagree, if I wouldn’t want Congress or the various state legislatures to pass laws to impose religious beliefs or practices with which I disagree or if I wouldn’t want the government to enforce religious prohibitions with which I disagree, I shouldn’t encourage the people who ostensibly “represent” me in government to use tax money, legislation, law enforcement or the courts to promote my religious beliefs, my religious practices or to enforce my religious prohibitions. P.S. Religion is the sum of those beliefs, practices and prohibitions that pertain to a person’s concept of the highest powers of the universe so tax money should not be used to promote atheistic or humanistic or animistic beliefs or practices either.

[@kjh4496]

Personal faith has no place in government. You must do what is best for everyone and do it equally.

[@hadara69]

This is an "Ought vs. Is" qualifier. Of course it doesn't, but the RW doesn't accept this (yet).

[@ivy3723]

I love this girl.

[@lisa3965]

i enjoyed this video, but the title seems a bit misleading to me. there was no actual conversation about queer issues/identity, so i think the video should have been titled something different.

[@refinery29]

+lisa Thanks for your input and for stopping by to watch!

[@yungreem88]

Separation of church & state

[@friendusesthisaccountnocom9928]

As a Bangladeshi, I’m happy to see more rep for us in politics! 🇧🇩❤️

[@emilyharper7448]

I think the way our Christianity should influence our vote is in supporting leaders who strive to spread equality and love towards all people in this country. That’s what Christianity is all about. I don’t care if someone is religious or not. What I focus on are those values being reflected in the policies they fight for.

[@mmmnuts5645]

thanks for a great video

[@Taylor-xo8nv]

I love that more women have the guts to get out there knock on doors and try! She is a bad ass! Wishing her success

[@atheistechoes9594]

Im atheist but i fully support what you are doing

[@fann.9874]

I used to live in Gwinnett and I remember is was a mixing pot of different backgrounds.

[@Najma-n1]

Love this 💞

[@stephaniegrabreck7379]

Labels suck sometimes and so does hype.... I know we need them for media purposes. I just get sensitive about whether or not propaganda is at risk or liability to help or make it worse sometimes.

[@steviewonderbread5700]

LOVE HER

[@BeeArtsSE]

Gwinnett, GA! My home county!

[@someonehere8280]

Thx for putting ur image in black and white as to support the protests, it really matters 🖤🤍

[@kcmn0089]

Morality should be the guiding force of religion. When there is no morality behind religion, it becomes an ideology.

[@invaderzimie]

What about a separation of state and religion. Like literally everywhere else...

[@Lilacrosepetalleaf]

I fed up of religion being the focus at all. Atheists are treated terrible and no one bothers. Be a good person!! That's all that counts.

[@vulcanhumor]

If you can pronounce Schwarzenegger, you can pronounce Nabilah.

[@laurensimendinger8887]

FINALLY

[@refinery29]

+lsims YAS!

[@animeheadshot1016]

I'm pretty sure there's "separation of church and state" mentioned in the Constitution...

[@Kat.k8268]

I wish there was a way to just subscribe to this show and not the entire channel

[@DLFfitness1]

This is disturbing. Thanks for sharing.

[@engulfmewithyourlove]

GO GIRL ❤️🇺🇸👏🏽🇲🇽

[@loonytoonyful]

The presence of religious faith in itself does not a good leader make. Efficient skills in diplomacy, negotiation, a willingness to listen to opposing viewpoints- all of these skills can factor into the competence of a leader. Simply reading from scripture alone simply is not enough to cultivate those skillsets.

[@chwilhogyn]

GWINNETT is an Anglicized form of GWYNEDD a county in Wales, GWYNEDD use to be a Kingdom that covered the region of north Wales until the English invaded in the 1200s!!

[@teresalynnhasan-kerr9373]

Christian Muslim Jewish...we all have Abraham in common

[@tiffprendergast]

Teresa Lynn Hasan-Kerr no

[@garvinjoseph5131]

I read this company fronting for tv

[@lggjusomef7659]

When will the next episodes be out

[@moonniieee]

Can we just talk about how gorgeous she is?

[@someone-hv6kq]

we share the same name, but mine is without the 'h' at the end :D

[@dgeellis9933]

We need to teach world-religion and world-cultures in public school. In my world history course, I teach students all the wonderful contributions of Islamic culture. The Islamic world gave us the Renaissance, Lateen Sails, Algebra, Algorithms, and more. I think if kids from a young age were taught the positive aspects of all cultures, they would be less likely to fall for bigoted rhetoric.

[@tiffprendergast]

Dge Ellis lies

[@daniellevandermolen350]

state and church need to stay apart simple

[@tiffprendergast]

Danielle Vandermolen yup

[@atheistechoes9594]

Nabilah i know im butchering her name but it is beautiful i hope dhe wins

[@kgarv10]

I have several ideas and reactions to this video and almost none of them are related, so: 1. As that one lady said, my Christian values influence my vote, which is why I voted for Nabilah and her progressive, people focused policies. I was also drawn to the fact that she is a young, Muslim, woman of color. We can’t call our government representative if it’s all older white people. 2. I feel compelled, as a resident of Gwinnett, to mention that the way the city of Lawrenceville was presented seemed a little editorialized. Lawrenceville is the seat of Gwinnett county, about 30 minutes from Atlanta. 3. I hope Nabilah runs again because I want someone like her representing me in congress.

[@ft9kop]

Jesus clothed, fed, and healed the poor.

[@thevirtualtraveler]

She's got an uphill battle. Gwinnett has a lot of diversity, but it also has a lot of rich racists.

[@kelseyyeh9789]

You should post a link to her campaign or something, or at least include her name in the description sheesh.

[@rethaf4387]

I would ask a Muslim candidate about her (or his) faith, but I would ask a claimed Christian candidate the same for more or less the same reason.

[@michaelifecent7901]

The thing is, Trump is hardheaded.

[@kimmehj.a.j5637]

Hard headed is not the word I would use.

[@TuskTheRipper96]

If white people can pronounce Daenerys Targaryen, they can certainly pronounce Nabilah!

[@basedmathh]

I agree but this needs to be extended to those who haven't been trained in economics, I would venture to guess that 80% to 90% of the the lefts fiscal opinions are at odds with what economics would otherwise teach and the supporting econometric research. Left-wingers supplant their own religious beliefs (social desirability bias is often how they come to their conclusions), with what peer reviewed statistics often shows us. Right wingers have their issues too, their worldview on international trade and immigration is at odds with what the statistical evidence shows to say the least, but the lefts ideas on gratis provision of goods, need for welfare, conflation of equality with resolution of poverty, fundamental lack of understanding of the effect of price controls, and finally an unhealthy action bias related to government regulation in general have had significant unintended consequences (it would be reasonable to suggest that our society would be 3 to 5 times its current wealth absent the lefts 'help' and probably with the same levels of distribution of wealth and income (if not better), so effectively wages would be that much higher as well. As for the personal liberties issue its more ambiguous, from a criminological standpoint there is not clear statistically positive effect of further gun control (the evidence is very split indicating low statistical significance meaning its plausible we should have more effective background checks [those on anti psychotics probably should own firearms], but also concealed carry should be more ubiquitous as well as castle laws). Telling obese people there will be no consequences for obesity will result in shorter lives for them that hasn't changed so the left kinda went full potato on that issue. I think letting people change their sex or be gay is totally fine so understandable that they want to I cannot think of any serious unintended consequence of this (maybe sex change too early in life, like don't go chopping off five year old's wieners). And on the issue of speech I think the right is honestly too concerned with the lefts censorship, primarily because right wingers have little to nothing of value to say (most of their ideology is a reaction to whatever the left is doing currently, there have no policies ideas of their own for the most part), but I would say insofar as the left wants to censor economists for political expedience, that should be stopped at all costs before the left turns the US into another Latin American style basket case. Drug legalization I think they are totally right on, we know criminalization of these substances both leads to a popularization of more dangerous substitutes and is the life blood of cartel and gang activity (half of all us homicides can be attributed as being caused by this). The idea of doing away with due process is probably a very idiotic one though so the feminists dogma needs to be tempered, innocent until proven guilty needs to be the order of the day and to keep our rape numbers down women need to be packing heat more frequently!

[@stephaniegrabreck7379]

I understand what people are attempting to address here. I feel it deserves a lot more than a polarized representation or over simplified and generalized narrative, in affirmation of the consequent for supporting empirical evidence, and observer expectancy effect for the frame to lens a perspective through in doing it, the justice it deserves.