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Lovie777

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2. And yet the WH is telling the Pope to stick his business ................

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 08:29 AM

15 hrs ago

because what the current government is doing is none of the church's business.

Soooooooooo..........................

separation of church and state only applied to the critics against RWers.

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And yet the WH is telling the Pope to stick his business ................ Lovie777 15 hrs ago #2

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