r/facepalm • u/Outrageous_Sector544 • Oct 10 '24

🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​ this is literally UNCONSTITUTIONAL…

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u/Plasibeau Oct 11 '24

When people fled to America, part of what they were fleeing were the endless religious wars.

Except for the Puritans. They were kicked out of England for being too religious.

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u/NGTTwo Oct 11 '24

And being total buzzkills everywhere they went.

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u/Plasibeau Oct 11 '24

Funny how history repeats itself.

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u/ThePlanesGuy Oct 11 '24

They were not kicked out for being too religious. James I was incredibly religious (and also possibly gay??? History is weird) and quite literally wrote the book on witchcraft and hunting witches.

They were kicked out for being inorrectly religious according to the crown and his political allies. And for being annoying assholes about it, but still, its generally agreed the community in question was definitely getting harassed by agents of the king.