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Governor Abbott (Texas) Signs a Bill Requiring Public Education Classrooms to Display the Ten Commandments
Texas, my own state, is the third or fourth to attempt this type of legislation. Other states have tried, and fortunately are facing lawsuits against the constitutionality of such a law.
As someone who grew up in a Christian household, but was later college educated, I find this law deeply disturbing. Aside from the obvious “why this religion over others” (and considering all the different translations and such), it’s just such a bullshit argument that the Ten Commandments were an “essential historical and political artifact” in the creation of this country.
I said it in the title and I’ll say it again — keep your religion out of my schools.
source: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-will-require-public-school-classrooms-to-display-ten-commandments-under-bill-signed-by-governor/amp/
DJOldguy
And that's the same Bill that has already been tossed out in at least one State because of the 1st Amendment?
charondaboatman
Well, sue to put this up.
SeldonCrysis
It's good that I just heard that students aren't even able to read and write anymore
MoopsyLD
this wont even last. groups have already threatened when it was announced so watch the shitshow commence
IakobZ
youbetchamom
Serious question... Why do Christians push the ten commandments so hard, but never The Beatitudes?
CPTBRUMBL3Z
Malicious compliance time. Add every possible equivalent from every other religion you can think of to the same wall. Stick the Satanic Temple doctrine in there, too. After all, you don't want them to have a "reason" to fire you, it should be something you can easily sue over for retaliation.
normalizebeingalone
"state would be responsible for any legal fees if a school district were to be sued over the policy." Ooooooooo. Well that seems like a fun way for them to change their minds
hotaru251
it won't pass.
and if it does its easily beaten in court.
America is not a christian nation. It is a nation of varied people and beliefs. Forcing Christianity on non christians is a bad thing. Same reasoning has been what beaten it every time this has been tried.
Jandegrote
America is a christian as fuck nation, people that are targeted by Trump and co still voted for him because he claimed he was christian.
hotaru251
no.
theres a lot of christians in the nation, but it was never a christian nation. That was exact reason the fhat state & religion were to be separate.
A religious nation can't mix w/ other religions and america was a nation for anyone to be safe regardless of religious views.
CoarseAndSalty
School need to just per-emptively posting the 10 commandments as an example of what a violation of the separation of church and state looks like and as an example of how Dogma is the enemy of Morality.
Chicagorooftop
This was just ruled illegal in some other benighted Southern state. Like last week.
VeryStableGenius
Tearing it up and throwing it in the trash should be protected under the 1st Am.
KawaiiInari
It is. It's a direct violation of the government not establishing religion. Tear it up. Throw it away. Protest in front of the governor's home and school boards. Hang up fliers for other religions. Don't give them ground for this shit.
Txernobog
I see the rest of religions in Texas (muslim, Hindu, buddhist, even the satanists) shouting for the same privilege.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
eronth
This literally just got slapped down in another state.
rossonerinho
does the law mandate what size/style the font has to be, the color the ink has to be, and the size of the paper it's printed on?
LogicalLimes
It does mandate the size. lol and that it must be in English.
billymaditsdone
We can protest by decorating our properties with Satanic sht for all the kids to see on their way to and back from school.
Safflower777
Then the TX VOTERS have every right & expectation that every single elected official will heed those 10 Commandments every single day!
MoonMoon89
This country has Freedom of Religion, which has been taken to mean you are allowed to be whatever kind of Christian you want... /s
Transmorph
You say /s, but growing up in an evangelical community, that is literally what they believed. Obviously, they didn't understand the intent of freedom of religion - either out of genuine ignorance or willful ignorance.
Knifesmith
Did they really believe this? Or were they more like "well, at least the Catholics believe in Jesus and God, but the whole saint thing is pretty heretical...". "and don't get me started on the Mormons"...
Transmorph
They'd mock Mormons, and Catholics were Schrodinger's Christian (were when 'total christian' count mattered, weren't when they wanted to endorse one politician over another or similar convenience), but to answer the question: Yes, they seriously believed "Freedom of Religion" meant "Freedom to revere Jesus different ways."
...They were also very antisemitic. Simultaneously "Jews are God's chosen" and "Jews killed our lord" with intense vitriol. The double-think was _extreme_ in that community.
thesameasyours
Satanic Temple, do your thing
absolutelymad
Oh yeah. My thoughts exactly
bigby4sheriff
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Hammerwell
Insist on the original version in classic biblical hebrew.
Dannyalcatraz
Like Abbott, I’m a Catholic. Unlike Abbot, I believe the only place the Bible has in public schools is as a work of literature.
I don’t want religious education in public schools, not even my own faith.
LogicalLimes
Agreed! Library? That’s a great place to have the Bible!
Dannyalcatraz
Library, yes. But also in literature courses.
The “Biblical Themes In Literature” I took as a college freshman (at a secular school) revealed how many writers through history- even non-Christians- have used it as a source of inspiration, imagery and so forth for their own stories and poems. If you don’t about know that, you miss out on some of what the authors intended you to grasp.
saloonmen
Religious Indoctrination. Instilling shame and guilt as a child so as adults they can hate without shame or guilt.
Baconlovesyoutoo
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Texas and Louisiana, unanimously ruled yesterday that Louisiana demanding the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools is unconstitutional. This is the second court to rule this way so it's probably going to wind up in front of SCOTUS.
Chemicalbondage
Oh good, I’m sure SCOTUS will rule objectionably on this.
Baconlovesyoutoo
SCOTUS has ruled the 14th Amendment prohibits the states from 'regulating, prohibiting or rewarding religious beliefs' so the precedent exists to tell the states they're stepping over the line. Will this SCOTUS do that? Who knows, but if they allow the christians to post their 'beliefs', they have to allow everyone to do the same.
IPoisonedDorcasMutton
I expect Thomas and Alito to flat out say that the US is a Christian nation because God is in the Declaration of Independence or some shit. They'll come up with some bullshit oRiGiNaLiSm talking point.
SwissScars
This is how the rest of the world sees America.
GermanSausagesAreTheWurst
If it is was my classroom, there would also be a copy of the Treaty Of Tripoli.
LogicalLimes
Interesting ligatures with the s’s!
qshamtech
glovelyday
Will they be displaying the "Seven Pillars of Islam" too? Why not?
StrangePaegan
And the Threefold Law as well, right? Right?
ToSisPoS
And the Three Laws of Robotics.
jammer909
What about the rules of the Internet?
powwerbottom
Seven Tenets of the Satanic Temple incoming!! Please for the love of Lucifer
phant0mfoxes
It's going to keep hopefully going caught up in the courts. it's already been found unconstitutional twice and they keep trying new ways to ram it through. I believe this one is expected to also immediately be challenged or appealed or whatever the correct term. It's baffling that they just keep trying to do it with zero shame for the fact that it's obviously a violation.
TheVampireDante
They keep trying in the hope that anyone opposing gets burnt out from the repeated cases and stops at some point so it goes through.
req4adream99
Because they know that one of these times it’ll work. And it’s not like it’s their (the politicians) money being wasted.
LogicalLimes
Ugh. That’s the other annoying thing. How much money and time is being wasted when they should be solving real problems. They won’t though… but I can dream. And complain. And vote. For now at least. 😃
phant0mfoxes
Yeah, I know my comment sounded naive. I am almost 40 and still catch myself expecting Republicans to have some sort of conscience twinge or shame when they do something blatantly wrong XD
req4adream99
It’s not naive to hope that people will realize that they’re being fucked over and hoping that they have the self respect / strength of self identity to admit that they’re wrong. You don’t want to be like me and be waiting for shit to kick off so I can be done with this shit. Keep that hope.
battery1979
The Louisiana bill just got blocked by the federal appeals court and it's the same circuit as Texas.
IPoisonedDorcasMutton
Which is WILD given that the Fifth Circuit is utterly and completely compromised with MAGA trash, and even they couldn't see any way the bill didn't violate the Establishment clause.
battery1979
Surprised the shit out of me too