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Bluesky Social is a microblogging social platform being developed in conjunction with the decentralized AT Protocol. Previously invite-only, the flagship Beta app went public in February 2024. All are welcome!

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Reminder that there is no official religion in the United States (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Loduz_247@lemmy.world to c/peoplebluesky@lemmy.world

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

They were also discriminated by the Dutch though. Since the Protestants weren’t very welcoming to religious zealots, because then they recently came out of the Eighty Years War with the Hapsburgs who wanted to suppress the Reformation in the Netherlands.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The puritans were protestants though. That's part of why when they held power in England under Oliver Cromwell they were so brutal to the Irish.