{"id":12981,"date":"2017-03-31T14:59:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T18:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=12981"},"modified":"2017-03-31T14:59:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T18:59:35","slug":"this-republican-congressman-quoted-the-bible-to-justify-denying-poor-people-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/this-republican-congressman-quoted-the-bible-to-justify-denying-poor-people-food\/","title":{"rendered":"This Republican Congressman quoted the Bible to justify denying poor people food"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thumbs.mic.com\/MzM2NzFlZjJiMCMvdXBST29nTzltSWk5ckM1MWttZTAxc3FYVkkwPS8zNHgxMTM6NDg2MngyNjE4LzgwMHg0NTAvZmlsdGVyczpmb3JtYXQoanBlZyk6cXVhbGl0eSg4MCkvaHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL3BvbGljeW1pYy1pbWFnZXMvbnhpbDB6cjR1MTl6Ynd5bnRzdnFpOXIxZXV6ZHMzNmJoZ3QzZGNwaG95Z2I3OHZ1M2F5YWR6cGhwcjVkcnE1Zi5qcGc.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>I say, what the fuck happened to separation of church and state? Do Congressmen routinely use the Bible as a basis for legislation?<br \/>\nAs far a I know, The Bible is not a legally binding document or authority for ANY purpose according to the Constitution, and presenting it as such in Congress should get this fuckhead tossed out on his ass. Real Christians and Non-Christians alike, we see your hypocrisy and call you on your bullshit. Your feeble attempt at using the Bible to justify your stupidity should get you kicked out of Congress for subverting the Bill of Rights.<br \/>\nPS&#8230;There&#8217;s already a work requirement on SNAP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2nElhk8\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2nElhk8<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I say, what the fuck happened to separation of church and state? Do Congressmen routinely use the Bible as a basis for legislation? As far a I know, The Bible is not a legally binding document or authority for ANY purpose according to the Constitution, and presenting it as such in Congress should get this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-12981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9137,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/congress-could-force-drugmakers-to-justify-raising-prices\/","url_meta":{"origin":12981,"position":0},"title":"Congress could force drugmakers to justify raising prices","date":"September 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"They COULD, but WILL they? 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