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marylandblue

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5. In the US, we have separation of church and state
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 03:24 PM
Mar 2019

Which means to me that we should take no notice of religious clothing one way or the other. But we don't have separation of politics and state, which would be impossible.

We do have civil service rules which makes civil servants non-political employees of political leaders. This insulates the basic functions of government from political manipulation. Wearing a MAGA hat would defeat this purpose.

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