That is a direct quote from Mark Robinson, Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina. He considers “transgenderism,” and “homosexuality” as “filth.” Here is a quote as reported in the New York Times. “People talk about the separation of church and state. I’m trying to find that phrase somewhere in our Constitution. Trying to find it somewhere in our Declaration of Independence. Trying to find it in the writings of any patriot anywhere and I cannot. And I cannot because it does not exist. There is no separation of church and state.”
Roughly 35% of North Carolina voters are Evangelicals. Robinson has the full support of Trump. Robinson made his reputation speaking at pro-gun rallies. He calls the Parkland school shooting survivors who want gun control “spoiled, angry, know it all children.”
And to save you from looking it up, the very first two clauses of the very first Amendment of the Bill of Rights state that there shall be no establishment of religion and no prohibiting the free exercise thereof. I would say that certainly implies “separation” even if that word is not specifically mentioned. I would also say the word “idiot” is implied from Mr. Robinson’s remarks, although I couldn’t find it specifically mentioned.
Info for this post is from the New York Times, (March 19, 2024), p. A9.
I think his inability to find his answer in the amendments in the Constitution are related to evangelicals inability to the genocide episodes in Bible.
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