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In 1648 a group of English Puritans from Bermuda, led by William Sayle, sailed to Bahamian waters and established the first permanent European settlement on the island they named Eleutheria (now Eleuthera) after the Greek word for freedom.
The Puritans would definitely have seen the name as having religious associations, or Roman Catholic associations at least, and would have objected to it strongly.
The Puritans who settled Massachusetts made it a crime to celebrate the holiday (punishment: five shillings).
But even old-fashioned puritans have the right as citizens to protest the behavior of their president.
And they know they shouldn't be sexual puritans.