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

On this episode of State Of Grace, our host Grace Baldridge explores the blurred lines that exist between faith and politics. How does one's faith affect their political standing in the U.S.? Press play to see what Grace learned on this week's State Of Grace.
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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.

[@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.

[@ME-ch1bj]

And even if a name is hard (edit: for someone to remember for whatever reason), the point is to try and keep trying, not just force a nickname on a person!

[@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.

[@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)

[@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.

[@krzlcve]

Absolutely inspiring! Wishing her luck in getting elected!

[@refinery29]

Thanks for joining us here!

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

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

[@skeletonhearts]

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

[@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

[@katinagehn9337]

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

[@meganobertone6679]

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

[@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!

[@ivy3723]

I love this girl.

[@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.

[@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!

[@animeheadshot1016]

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

[@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.

[@engulfmewithyourlove]

GO GIRL ❤️🇺🇸👏🏽🇲🇽

[@xSaraHax]

appreciate the comedic value

[@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.

[@leahkramer007]

Can you do one with Jews?

[@thevirtualtraveler]

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

[@stephaniegrabreck7379]

It is normal for a nation that has been predominantly socialized in "under God we trust", being mainly to mostly if not exclusively Protestantism or Catholicism, to have "cognitive dissonance", adaptability struggles, indignation, grievance, confusion, fear, anxiety, stress, enthusiasm, confusion, uncertainty, hyper vigilance, with these kinds of slow and increasing chances, as to what should or shouldn't be minority and majority rights. It's normal to want to protect, preserve, and maintain your culture and heritage among other things, and that is being campaigned by some people as "racism", and not self preservation.

[@stephaniegrabreck7379]

I think the topic may or may not be more complicated or worthy of depth perception than what this video can or ever will do justice for in theory and practical, like when you're considering humanities, and psychosocial stuff and social penetration theory and only lord knows what else?

[@shanealvarez]

Christianity rules i dont think can be change it is fixed and i think we are to be what it says not the other way

[@stephaniegrabreck7379]

People have every reason in the world to be afraid or uncertain, whether or not they react well in tolerance, prejudice, discrimination, understanding, compassion, or love and kindness.... I don't know whether or not ICE should or shouldn't have a place, but when minorities are given just as much if not more rights than the majority in cultural history this has not often resulted in coexistence or utopia but slavery or genocide.

[@ppercut]

i cant stand it when people put there religen before where there from it seems to happen alot in the middle east when you ask them they say i am a muslim ok but where do you come from most americans say there there texan before they say american i am a english person but if asked we dont say i am a christian british if that makes sence

[@arogthegriot]

Trump is an infant yet I don’t think that has anything to do with his faith

[@tiffprendergast]

arogthegriot lie

[@Amel-o6g]

First

[@tiffprendergast]

ßãD QüĒêñ for once yes you are happy

[@stephaniegrabreck7379]

Matthew 10:16-28/ “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household! 26 “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

[@jacquelinelong9897]

Maybe I will go to a Muslim country and try to do what Nabilah is doing and as a white person and try to change her country's values and get blown up and because I am white Republican woman nobody will even notice and it will not perpetrate any kind of activism for anything. 👍🤣 Yet she comes to my culture and thinks she can tell me what to do eh? Fortunately our culture is much kinder to her than hers is to us though...

[@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.

[@alessandradonnelly1941]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@PHlophe]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@Esthersnest]

I really, really, really love these series! 🙂

[@refinery29]

+estherbeam We're so glad you do! ❤️

[@lsainte]

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

[@cassmills4509]

right????

[@saramorosetti1332]

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

[@refinery29]

+saramorosetti So glad you think so!

[@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.

[@jasminej.524]

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.

[@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!

[@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. ☺️✨

[@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. 💀

[@MollyEstesCooper]

Shes getting my vote! This is my hometown!

[@refinery29]

+mollyestes That is so amazing to hear!!

[@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

[@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.

[@vulcanhumor]

If you can pronounce Schwarzenegger, you can pronounce Nabilah.

[@naemi37]

I'm Japanese and this series is really really interesting

[@refinery29]

+naemi37 Thanks for joining us here!

[@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.

[@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.

[@laurawimberley1839]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@heather_bee]

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

[@1808Tessa]

Contribute👇 www.nabilahforcongress.com/home

[@TuskTheRipper96]

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

[@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.

[@yungreem88]

Separation of church & state

[@Jess-jl2tx]

Nabilah was elected to the Georgia State Senate in the 2022!!!! Go Nabilah!

[@isabelguillenperalta1510]

Religion and state should be completely separate for me it's completely baffling that people would swear on the bible, it shouldn't be a political argument.. It's just not done in my country. And why the effing fuck would Lisa vote for Trump, while most of his voters would treat her like garbage and be against her? I grew up christian and what I learned that you should be kind to your neighbors and not to do to others that you don't be a victim of. Did they miss that part in his words? Or because of the money they forget about it? Why would they let corruption run through and all the other crimes they do?

[@refinery29]

+hellraikyx Thanks for sharing your opinion with us and for watching!

[@tiffprendergast]

Hellraiky x yup

[@bobbieparsons841]

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

[@daniellevandermolen350]

state and church need to stay apart simple

[@tiffprendergast]

Danielle Vandermolen yup

[@brotherjonathan1ACTS238]

FATHER JESUS CHRIST AMEN BLESSED WARNING!! WHOM CAN STAND BEFORE JEALOUSY?! MEDITATE UPON THE FOLLOWING HOLY WRIT PUTTING ONLY YOUR TRUST IN FATHER JESUS CHRIST AND YE ALL WILL BE PRAYERFULLY PROTECTED EVEN SAVED!!!!! Philippians 4:8 King James Version 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED EVERYONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS AND YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST! AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED AND THY HOUSE! AVOID ALL SOULS THAT ACTUALLY AVOID FATHER JESUS CHRIST AMEN WAYS! KNOW MATTER WHAT THEY DO OR SAY!!!!! TRY ALL SPIRITS! NOT EVERY SPIRIT IS OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!! ASK FATHER JESUS CHRIST TO GUIDE AND LEAD YOU AND YOURS AWAY FROM ALL THEM THAT ARE NOT OF HIS HOLY LOVE AND SPIRITUAL WISDOMS ESPECIALLY RELIGIOUS LIARS THAT GOD SHOWS YOU ARE FALSE SPIRITUALLY WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING! NOT RELYING UPON KJV HOLY SCRIPTURE BUT INSTEAD HAVE AND SPEAK VAIN WAYS AND WORDS! PROTECTIVE WISDOM TO ALL SOULS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@beanz6960]

High key love this series

[@refinery29]

+faithbrown Us too!

[@teresalynnhasan-kerr9373]

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

[@tiffprendergast]

Teresa Lynn Hasan-Kerr no

[@9.sugarandspice]

did she get in? or did the election not happen yet

[@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!!

[@Sgb-oq3oy]

I applaud your presenting a different worldview. I disagree with it which I trust you are not offended by.. We are a Judeo-Christian country. Muslims have a right to practice their religion in this country. Try establishing a Christian church in Saudi Arabia. Try taking a Bible into that country. When I was in Saudi Arabia., Christian workers had to have clandestine meetings in order to worship. Years later a Philipine worker was deported for having such services. In Kuwait City in the kingdom of Kuwait, there was a Catholic Church. I am beginning to believe that we should be more selective with whom we allow to move here. The Muslim women in our government appear to be un-American. We don't need more of them and we don't need a Green New Deal which will destroy what this country achieved. Nabilah lost because her ideas were rejected. It has nothing to do with religion. Victimhood has become supreme in this country. I canj hardly wait to watch your Dangers of saying In God We Trust.

[@doublesided-tape]

I call bullshit on this clickbait title lol

[@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!

[@michaelt7435]

Jesus is the only way into Heaven turn from your worldly ways ask Him into your life cleanse you from ALL unrighteousness make Him your Lord & your Savior 1 day YOU will enter the Kingdom of Heaven

[@janhhh4852]

Okay I like the video but the title is definitely misleading

[@georgecoman5342]

This country it was discoverd by Europeans Christian people who belive in God and Jesus, not in Islam- Mohamed.

[@josharmstrong2476]

more crazy religion is not the answer to too much crazy religion. faith should play NO part whatsoever in electoral politics. whether it is christian, muslim or otherwise. adding more muslims doesnt seem like the right solution. removing all faiths from political office is the solution.

[@garvinjoseph5131]

I read this company fronting for tv

[@ltellez3]

Lol yah no he doesnt reflect Christian values.. I can understand the whole infancy christian; however, he is an adult and can make judgements based on his supposed new faith which he doesnt.. so if anything he is hypcritical

[@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.

[@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.

[@someone-hv6kq]

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

[@invaderzimie]

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

[@JoJo-yb1yd]

Bahhah! We definitely see fucking infantile behavior coming out of the White House. She got that much right.

[@lemmetellyousomething679]

I don't give Damn to this girl and her problems but I really love your haircut ❤️

[@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.*

[@fann.9874]

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

[@kelseyyeh9789]

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

[@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

[@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

[@atheistechoes9594]

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

[@michaelifecent7901]

The thing is, Trump is hardheaded.

[@kimmehj.a.j5637]

Hard headed is not the word I would use.