Despite Protestant presidents, in recent times Catholics have dominated in Supreme Court picks for the United States. Ketanji Brown Jackson is the only Protestant member of the Court, nominated by Joe Biden, a Catholic.
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(Not So) Fun Fact: The Only State Motto To Come Straight From the Bible
“With God all things are possible” is the state motto of Ohio and the only state motto that comes directly from the Bible. It has wrongfully survived legal challenges as Ohio insists that it’s not promoting religion, but rather optimism.
Fun Fact: An English Word For Priest
Since the Church of England has dominated British/English soil since Henry VIII, most priests are vicars, which are unique to Anglicanism.
(Not So) Fun Fact: Young Brides of David Koresh
Right wing terrorist and cult leader David Koresh was famously killed in the Waco Siege. His followers saw him as the Messiah, and many of them ignored the immortality his “spiritual” brides , some whom were as young as 11 years old.
(Not So) Fun Fact: Women Not Being Pastors in the Southern Baptist Church
While the Southern Baptist Church nominally claims that all women are equal in church functions, they do also firmly believe that women can’t be pastors.