Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday.
The GOP-drafted legislation mandates that a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” be required in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities. Although the bill did not receive final approval from Landry, the time for gubernatorial action — to sign or veto the bill — has lapsed.
Opponents question the law’s constitutionality, warning that lawsuits are likely to follow. Proponents say the purpose of the measure is not solely religious, but that it has historical significance. In the law’s language, the Ten Commandments are described as “foundational documents of our state and national government.
I mean, it’s gonna get challenged and if a lower court doesn’t kill it before it reaches them, which I suspect will be the case, SCOTUS will.
SCOTUS already has case law saying that you cant do this.
That hasn’t stopped this Supreme Court.
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SCOTUS already has case law saying that you cant do this.
I’d just hang my classroom full of different religious and non-religious commandments.
The christian one will be there … somewhere.
Probably covered by the 10 commandments of Tacos:
spoiler
- Thou shall stuff to capacity, and then a little more
- Thou shall honor thy taco father and taco mother
- Thou shalt not skimp on the cheese, and lest it be fresco, thou shall let it melt
- Thou shalt not charge $6 for a taco
- Thou shalt not use crappy tortillas
- Thou shall be consistent with size
- Thou shalt not overcharge for avocado
- Thou shall stop referring to fusion tortilla wraps as tacos
- Thou shalt not overlook breakfast ingredients
- Thou shall have pride in your tacos, or not have tacos at all
CAN I GET AN AMEN
Amen! Hallelujah!
Ah, man!!
I was thinking frame them in a really bad frame that falls on its face all the time. If you have older students, just loudly state how much you would dislike it if the commandments were stolen or otherwise defaced and let nature do its work.
But I like yours.
unfortunately i think you would be absolutely fired
I’d rather be fired for not being a Christian than to be an actual Christian any day. Especially an American Christian.
I’ll believe in their god as soon as they start electing officials that follow those commandments.
I won’t
Don’t worry about me… It’ll never happen.
In the language of the law, the Ten Commandments are “foundational documents of our state and national government.”
Uh, no they fucking aren’t, lmao
Only thing historically significant about the 10 commandments is that the founding fathers didn’t want them in classrooms
Well it’s about time that children learn not to boil a baby goat in the milk of its mother and to not, under any circumstances, put yeast in a blood sacrifice.
What? They aren’t talking about the only ten commandments in the Bible actually called the ten commandments?
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus 34&version=NIV
19 “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.
Wow. What does that even mean?
I don’t even know. I don’t even know why there would be yeast in a blood sacrifice.
I dunno but we have this dish in Sweden called blodpalt. Bread with blood. I guess you can’t sacrifice those.
I don’t know that the authors of the book of Exodus were considering Swedish food when they wrote it. But I guess no putting cow blood on your matzoh before burning it at the altar?
What it says, the firstborn of every womb belongs to God and should be sacrificed to him, but you can trade a lamb if you want to keep the firstborn, like a coupon.
So hypothetically, you either sacrifice a lamb to God or kill your first born child - this mirrors nicely with Passover.
Love the coupon analogy
Maybe they should add an eleventh? “Though shalt not covet your cousin, or anyone more closely related, or children… and since you made me have to put this in writing you’re all going to hell.”
Relevant Beau of the Fifth Column:
Get ready for the Baphomet statue…
Somebody’s breaking the second commandment…
The jewish one, the catholic one or the protestant one?
large, easily readable font
Ah, but readable by whom? I have a bar code font here. If you can’t read it you’re clearly not nerd enough.
Also, putting the Ten Commandments in classrooms will only turn the kids into sarcastic, blasphemous little fellows. …I mean, more so than they already are.
Sure sure, easily readable by what definition? Under a microscope? From a distance? Only if you cross your eyes? All very easy to do.
large, easily readable font
Can it use large font characters from non-english languages?
What a shithole state.
The story has been corrected to clarify that the time for gubernatorial action did not lapse. The governor signed the bill Wednesday.
This will kill religion faster than the priests
Can we add an eleventh commandment?
Thou shall not entwine church and state.
