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Title: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: The True Adonis on November 21, 2014, 07:00:10 PM: Virginia was the hotbed of anti-Thanksgiving sentiment. In 1853, Governor Joseph Johnson declined to declare a day of Thanksgiving for his state, citing Thomas Jefferson's firm doctrine of separating church and state. Johnson's successor, fire-brand Henry A. Wise, was even more intransigent. In 1856, he received the same annual letter from Sarah Josepha Hale that every other governor did, encouraging him to declare a general day of Thanksgiving. Wise not only declined to make the proclamation, but fired back a testy refusal.

"This theatrical national claptrap of Thanksgiving," he declared, "has aided other causes in setting thousands of pulpits to preaching 'Christian politics' instead of humbly letting the carnal Kingdom alone and preaching singly Christ crucified."

Anti-Thanksgiving sentiment wasn't confined to Virginia. In 1855, William H. Holcomb, a homeopathic physician in Natchez, Mississippi, recorded in his diary, "This was Thanksgiving day...I am sorry that the Yankee custom has crept in among us. I object to it because it makes gratitude to God a matter of civil ordinance."
Title: Re: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: Vince G, CSN MFT on November 21, 2014, 07:11:33 PM: Quote from: Cholo4Life on November 21, 2014, 07:03:18 PM
Are you anti-Christian?

Adonis is an atheist.
Title: Re: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: CalvinH on November 22, 2014, 07:02:50 AM: Quote from: Vince G, CSN MFT on November 21, 2014, 07:11:33 PM

Adonis is an atheist.

But pro food.
Title: Re: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: Army of One on November 22, 2014, 07:05:58 AM: Another super interesting thread from Adonis.A+, will read again.
Title: Re: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: dr.chimps on November 22, 2014, 07:08:09 AM: Quote from: CalvinH on November 22, 2014, 07:02:50 AM

But pro food.
Pass the potatoes. Thanks much.
Title: Re: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: chaos on November 22, 2014, 07:10:03 AM: What a waste of brain space.
Title: Re: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: _aj_ on November 22, 2014, 07:12:31 AM: I think TA needs a gimmick account to set off these troll threads. We all know his MO by now.
Title: Re: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: Man of Steel on November 22, 2014, 10:54:18 AM
Title: Re: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: Irongrip400 on November 22, 2014, 05:21:38 PM: Thanksgiving is about family and food. Do not miss the anabolic window.
Title: Re: Pre-Civil War-Thanksgiving was seen as violation of Church and State in South
Post by: chaos on November 22, 2014, 08:20:07 PM: Quote from: Irongrip400 on November 22, 2014, 05:21:38 PM
Thanksgiving is about family and food. Do not miss the anabolic window.
Bullshit, it's about sales and knocking out dentures of the elderly at Walmart to save .64 on that new smart tv!