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Religious groups would contract to be suppliers for European corporations in return for transportation and supplies to establish colonies. Corporate demands became so high, colonists didn't have the time or resources to fend for themselves. A corporation ship would roll in and take a year's worth of food and labor as part of the contract, while leaving nothing to survive on. So murmers of resentment began..

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The triangle trade. Molasses to Rum to slaves.

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Rich white men.

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Pope Gregory declared that any land not ruled by a Christian king was open to conquest by good Catholics. Protestants thought it a grand idea.Anglo-Saxons concocted a biblical excuse why skin color mattered. Jews had been persecuted since a different pope declared lending money for interest a mortal sin. Then demanded crusades. Teeing up persecution of jews when the loan came due.History is much more interesting than they told you.

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They just stripped women of the rights these heroes won.

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It's thesis for 'add this factor to other studies.'

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The one Rudy farted on.

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Start teaching kids how to be competent citizens of a democracy. Humanities and Free (liberal) Arts. Everything that religion and No Child Left Behind robbed American children of.

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They want equal rights with white men and their sperm!!

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Women have never had equal rights. White men don't believe anyone should have the same rights they do. Especially not sperm lockers.Unequal rights for one specific group legalizes 2nd class citizenship. That was the goal. Using that precedent, separate and unequal is the law of the land.Hello. They just approved a return to slave states and free states. Using religious doctrine as a basis. Good bye Brown, hello Plessy.Mixing government and religion is called theocracy. States don't get to do that.

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In his army, rape was gracing women with his sacred seed.Thump thinks he's the biggest.

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Double lesbian?

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Where it all started....

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I did! Then he changed.

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So do I. Low maintenance, but quirky working on feral.

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I don't understand why women don't reject religion before puberty. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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