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The most simple answer: We wanted as many Germans to eventually use against the Soviets. Anyone who was not a big name was kept around for the eventual return of the West German Military. Same with scientists and operation paperclip. The soviets did the same to eventually be used against the rest of Europe.

It is generally the state’s responsibility to maintain and issue identification cards and liscenses. The only overarching American identification is your passport and Social Security number, both of which are technically voluntary. The Real ID act you might have heard about in the news recently is supposed to more closely unify the various liscenses into a similar format for air travel and voting compliance, but many still do not have this new form of ID.

America created the Social Security number and kind of gave up.

The recent push came from Covid when many people could not take the tests, and then it stuck around after since administrators wanted to focus on your “well-roundedness” and not high test scores.

So just half of Europe?

“Miraculous Transportation” is a more technically correct term, and it is not clear if it happens instantaneously or not. The boat in John 6:16 is immediately on the shore where they were headed, though this could mean very quickly. Same with Acts 8:26 when Philip is taken from the wilderness between Jerusalem and Gaza to another city.

Could be a Twitter insider then, or someone who saw the writing on the wall since the change was discussed beforehand.

That is an even more finicky situation. Roman Catholic priests cannot marry, but Eastern Catholic priests can, and there are exemptions that can be made for Roman Catholic converts. On top of that, you may have seen a “high church” protestant group (looks like a Catholic Church) like Anglicans who generally can marry or date.

I just blocked them and moved on. It’s just insane it took so long for the admins to finally ban them.

Except the Drag person, obvious troll they keep around.

For another example, there is an exact inverse in America. “Texas German” is much closer to how German was spoken around the time of German unification. Same with Quebec to French.

I know, unlike our Canadian system. You are not automatically registered to vote in most of the states. Plus republicans believe liberal states are purposely registering immigrants who shouldn’t be voting and letting them use the state IDs.

It’s an older concept dating back to England called the privilege of sanctuary . Places of worship and refuge, no force could be used on the consecrated grounds of churches. While offically banned in the early 1600s most officials still abided by it into colonial era and the American Revolution.