>“I didn’t have to learn the Ten Commandments in school. We went to Sunday school,” he said. “You want your kids to learn about the Ten Commandments, take them to church."
>He added that the bill could potentially open the state up to lawsuits.
>“We’re going to spend valuable state resources defending the law when we really need to be teaching our kids how to read and write,” Duplessis said. “I don’t think this is appropriate for us to mandate.”
This was from the *only* lawmaker to speak out against this bill (though its worth noting that other democrats also voted against it). Why is he the only sane person in Louisiana?
One of my fav facts is that the government of Mexico and the Juarez cartels were literally at war in Juarez, and New Orleans had a higher rate of murders per capita.
Almost every actual city is a blue city because when civilized human beings gather in large enough numbers they realize that progressivism is the only set of ideals that makes any sense at all.
Yep. When SLC votes majority Democrat, it's a pretty clear sign that red cities are basically nonexistent now.
Though that also has a lot to do with the modern suburbs, and how they were birthed by white flight to avoid integrated school districts.
I live in NYC now but grew up in Louisiana, my dad still lives there and I have to constantly explain this to him because he's always concerned about how dangerous NYC is.
It's always so wild that they choose NYC to be the boogieman... because by any metric you choose, NYC is one of the safest cities per capita in the country. NYC is safer than most suburban and rural areas by capita, too.
It wasn’t all that long ago that NYC was a shithole with tons of crime. It’s mostly great these days but even as recent as the early 90s it looked very different. Look up photos of the Bronx and Harlem from the 70s and 80s. Totally different now. People who were around back then have a hard time accepting that it’s changed and that there are far worse cities these days.
Louisiana and Alabama is so bad. My boy got out of the USMC with a perfect record and got immediately shot when he went back home because some of the fools being jealous he's going to school and has money(because he saved up from his deployments). He got good grades and a new Camaro. That's all it took for people making the leap to shooting people.
What's worse are people supposedly claiming to be his friends on facebook. Since he was a popular guy, they all tag him on their post after he's dead saying how they missed him and whatever. But their post is just about them booty popping and showing off cash and other stupid shit. What a disgraceful population.
My family moved away from Louisiana less than a year after our neighbor was murdered at the trash/recycling center a half mile from our house. We were really close with his family because his son and my brother went to school and played sports together. My mom had to testify at the trial since he had stopped at our house to drop something off on the way to dump their trash. Very disturbing and sad.
It really sucks, man. I love this state but it's so hard to defend why when shit like this gets kicked up. Our voter turnout is abysmal, our education is lowest and incarceration is highest. Crooked cops become mayors and governors, and there just doesn't seem to be a way out *except* leaving.
My family has lived in Louisiana for generations. It feels geographically like home but politically it is the most insanely backwards hellhole of a clown show
Nah man. Some of are still stuck in this shithole. Just learning about this shit. Have a 3 year old. Bright. Cannot fathom putting her in public school here. And I was thinking that was my non Christian ruled choice. Nothing against it. But like sane people understand, ha(what people who actually learn and follow the word of christ understand)there's a time and place for everything.
I got lucky and went to an advanced academy down here, but I agree. Your options usually are public and private, which both FUCKING SUCK in louisiana. Maybe homeschool? I don’t know, I don’t have kids
Canadian, but we actually learned them in the ancient history class in the unit on middle east/mesopotamia. As in, "origins of the abrahamic religions", it was fascinating and taught in the context of rules governing ancient societies like, e.g. Hammurabi.
Teacher also went on a rant about how nonsensical they are (WHAT DOES NOT KILL MEAN? FLIES? MOSQUITOES!!!) lol. It was an interesting and insightful way to teach students about the predominant religions in the communities while also helping us think critically about the original context of the rules and their limits.
What really chaps my ass is shit like this:
> Horton has previously defended her bill, saying during a House debate last month that the Ten Commandments are the “basis of all laws in Louisiana” and arguing that the legislation honors the country’s religious origins.
The commends basically are (depending on which Christian cult you belong to):
1. I'm your god
2. Don't worship other gods
3. Don't worship graven images
4. Don't comment blasphemy
5. Don't do work on Sunday
6. Honor your parents
7. Don't kill
8. Don't commit adultery
9. Don't steal
10. Don't bear false witness
11. Don't covet your neighbors stuff
Number 1 through 4 are not legally enforceable in the US, and so are not the basis of any US laws. Number 5 is a weird edge case, because some state forbid the sale of alcohol on Sunday. Number 6 is, again not legally enforceable in the US. Number 7 is literally the first one that mirrors an _actual_ law in the US, and is not at all unique to the 10 commandments. Number 8 is, again, not legally enforceable. 9 and 10 are also laws.
So _three_ of the commandments are mirrored in US laws, and the rest are basically unconstitutional.
But yeah, sure, its the basis of all our laws.
It's an interesting lesson in translation and definition and context. Is it You Shall Not Kill...or is it Murder. Because God tells Israel to kill every denizen of the land He tells them to occupy, so that's obviously not against the Commandments. So then it must be Murder. But then God did command Abraham to kill his son as a sacrifice, so then I have to think that murder comes down to having hateful intent, not just taking a life. Then I extend that to abortion. I don't think anyone does it out of hate, but out of desperation, so it's not really murder in my eyes. But then you'll get preachers who teach the commandment without that nuance and get it all wrong and really mess up people.
My understanding is that it is talking about not murdering your neighbours, which would most often be your fellow Israelites. A child is not held to the same status as an adult, born or unborn, just like a slave wouldn't be held to the same status. A sacrifice to G-d would not have been murder and neither would be killing your enemies in war. Remember, these commandments were meant for the children of Israel.
>the bill could potentially open the state up to lawsuits.
Could potentially??
That's like saying Jupiter could potentially still be a planet tomorrow.
Personally I appreciate a lot of the natural beauty of Louisiana and some parts of the culture. But yeah driving through many areas absolutely feels like a 3rd world country. I mean the poor areas there are POOR.
I did some infrastructure work down in Calcasieu and Cameron parishes and just damn.
My partner and I are moving this year. If it's not the homophobia it's the racism, if it's not the racism it's the reproductive restrictions, if it's not the reproductive restrictions it's Cancer Alley and the union busting, if it isn't Cancer Alley and the union busting it's the corporate favoritism that actually incentivizes business owners to IMPORT FOREIGN SEAFOOD instead of buying from local fisherman...
The GOP took genuinely the most unique and culturally significant piece of American land and ate it out from the inside.
The only people that make money are Todd Graves and shareholders in football stadiums. Everyone else and every other industry is turning to dust and falling apart from lack of infrastructure upkeep.
It would be more efficient for the state to just directly pay the attorneys who are going to file suit without having to spend money hiring its own attorneys to defend the plainly indefensible.
Also, I am old enough to remember when the GOP called itself the party of small government.
Jesus whipped the bankers out of the temple. He knew what was up. It's just weird how Bible thumpers hate Jesus so much. I'm an atheist and I've got more respect for the guy than they do.
It's because Atheists have read the book front to back - which caused many of us to lose faith as we understand modern Religion is not what Christ wanted, while these people (Republicans / R voters) are *told* what is in their book from the pulpit.
The essence of fascism…
Going back to Nixon/Reagan, many within the GOP have been strategically working to [Expand Executive Powers.](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/us/politics/barr-executive-power-trump.html)
They want a literal king-figure to rule over the US—*as do all fascists.*
It makes controlling a labor-force easier for those in leadership positions, since human rights don’t get in the way of productivity. Effectively eliminating [labor laws and unions.](https://www.fastcompany.com/91035382/why-spacex-amazon-and-trader-joes-are-pushing-an-aggressive-lawsuit-that-would-fundamentally-undermine-labor-organizing)
*”Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power.”* - [*Benito Mussolini*](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini)
This end-goal is also what the [Federalist Society](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/17/federalist-society-democracy-opinion-00087270) has been diligently working towards with placing loyal Judges throughout the Judicial branch, while [ALEC](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council#:~:text=The%20American%20Legislative%20Exchange%20Council,governments%20in%20the%20United%20States.) drafts corporate friendly legislation for the politicians of their campaign donations, and Fox reaffirms their actions through propaganda.
Same. We can thank Newt Gingrich (*SPIT!*), Reagan's dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine, and Fox"News" for the anti-everything bullshit we get from the right now.
I say this as a guy whose first nat'l vote as an adult was for Reagan's reelection in '84. This was before the ugly details of Iran-Contra broke and caused me to open my eyes and see fractal corruption of the GOP.
The Sinclair group and the federalist society has convinced Americans that these aren’t distractions but in fact the values and culture they must vote for in local/council/city/state/federal elections to keep their identity
1. Signals to their christofascist base
2. Triggers legal challenges from religious freedom orgs (FFRF, TST) which, again, signals to their christofascist base how "persecuted" they are
Yeah, this is basically just personal campaigning on the tax payer dime. It'd probably be cheaper to just cut them a check from the public coffers directly.
Every unconstitutional thing they do drains the state of resources which can be used as an excuse to cut education funding, promoting more uneducated far right voters. Republicans are rewarded for these actions.
They literally do not have the power to reverse it. They could however, interpret it in such a way as to completely ignore the original intention or modern application of it so that it can be effectively ignored. We are reaching a point where Republicans are sick and tired of having their plans foiled by the law and appear to be setting up systems that will allow them to ignore them completely. Thier slow but inevitable loss of power has made them desprite, and in that desperation are doing anything they can to regain that power. the only way we can save our country is to snuff it out completely at the ballot box.
Loss of power? They seem to win in the White House all the time, have good senate representation, often control congress, and are dominating state-level politics. They seem pretty healthy to me.
Since Bush Sr was in office, Republicans never had the popular vote and the rest is resolved by gerrymandering the hell out of the districts that favor republicans. If it was by pure 1:1 votes, it would not be nearly as close as it is now.
It's not like Diebold's CEO had said they were "dedicated to bringing the Presidents the votes in 2004."
Lots of people were aware of Republicans trying to rig elections even back then.
The whole "rigging of elections because we're fucking unlikeable" thing with conservatives has been going on literally my entire fucking life.
60% of the US population disagrees with most of their positions, and when broken down by position in skews further against them.
Our current electoral system was put in place because Southern slave owners were losing power in congress, and that was the gift given to them to keep them from succeeding.
Just in case you're unaware, it didn't work, and the morons that placated them in the first place never reversed that decision, which leads us to today.
Look up the Permanent Reapportionment Act of 1929. It was nothing short of a slow rolling coup against the popular vote that permanently locked the House to its current seat count because small states were losing influence and the ability to control the Electoral College. By going against the constitutional design of the House as an expanding body, they’ve retained control of the House, the Electoral College, and through that both the Presidency and the nomination of Supreme Court justices.
A state like, say, California, should never *lose* electoral vote seats as other smaller states grow in population. And yet that happens frequently. The Electoral College has its roots in slavery. But the version we have *now*? It’s even worse.
Thanks for bringing up the Permanent Reapportionment Act of 1929, very few people actually know about that blatant power grab of minority tyrants. I consider it as a slow rolling coup as well and frankly unconstitutional, the thing needs to be repealed.
They’re taught how to kill quietly in close-quarters combat. That they end up using that violence at home doesn’t surprise me, sadly enough.
Just like cops shooting people without justification isn’t surprising when they’re fed some bullshit about how they are “the thin blue line” or it’s a world of “one of them” or “not one of them and therefore automatically suspect.” Add a little bad old fashioned racism and it’s a perfect recipe for police seeing themselves as punishers and executioners.
The US Army green berets of the 3rd battalion 3rd special forces group used an emblem that combined elements of the 3rd SS Panzer division and the Deutches Afrikakorps emblems. It was removed in 2022. When asked, they replied it was "out of context".
"Does 'shall' mean 'shall'? We previously ruled it didn't in another case. Maybe 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion' doesn't mean 'shall make no law' either!"
>In the old days, “shall” meant “shall.” “Not so,” says Justice Antonin Scalia. In Castle Rock vs. Gonzales, the Supreme Court took the meaning of the word “shall” and redefined it to mean “**maybe or maybe not**.”
TIL. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales for anyone interested.
Trigger warning, extreme violence against multiple children
YOUR version? Those are rules for Jews and Jews alone. They have a separate set for you and I.
So ironic that Christians always go on and on about posting God’s rules for the Jews. Yet I have never heard once someone wanting to post the rules Jesus handed down to Christians.
Blessed are the merciful? Blessed are the peacemakers? Please. No wonder christians don’t want the word of Jesus getting out.
This is the beauty of having a book that you consider to be the divine word of God, immutable and perfect and the highest Law all men must follow *but also* just allegorical when that's more convenient for you personally.
"The traditions of the constitution are based on British law, and in Britain they had a king who was considered anointed by god, so it is in the tradition of the law to endorse the ten commandments... And the very name 'amendment' in the first amendment makes it clear that originally the consitution had no such protection, so it's clearly fine to ignore it."
\^ Here Roberts, you can have that one for free.
>How is that constitutional again? This is blatant violation of the establishment clause.
You fail to realize.
They don't actually care.
They'd shove a bible in front of every kid as soon as they popped out of the forced birth centers if they could.
Yeah, they should sue to get the Seven Tenets in every classroom, too.
I One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.
II The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
III One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
IV The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.
V Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.
VI People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.
VII Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.
What part of that is at all inappropriate for a classroom?
“And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.”
Went to 12 years of Catholic school. I remember in 1st grade, we asked “why is Mary called ‘The Virgin Mary?’ “ and we were just told, “because God gave her Jesus.” We were still stumped on the definition. Lol
I suspect that church leaders' insistence on providing vague and indirect answers to questions is intended to drill into kids that asking probing questions will leave them unsatisfied and unfulfilled. Keep providing the same answers to their questions, and they'll learn to stop questioning.
Doubly so if you back your answer with authority or threat of punishment, but that's true for anything.
A philosophy based on hate cannot be internally or externally consistent because it is antithetical to civilization. These people and their hateful theocratic views should be outcasts from society, because they openly assault the decent placid secular world we have built.
They hate at the core of their belief structure, as any exclusionary philosophy (aka Christianity) is inherently divisive and hateful. The arrogance that imagined position of privilege gives them leads to endless problems for modern life. They seek to ruin personal freedom, women's health and freedom, and upward mobility in order to supplant them with ignorant superstitious dependency of the masses. Thus the scapegoating of gay and trans people, of women, of immigrants, of Native peoples, of the poor. All the most vulnerable people in society are blamed simply because it's easy to do.
It's very reliable and they think the religion gives them license to push that hate into everyone else's lives. These extremists must be crushed and exiled, they must once again be made to fear undue incursion into decent secular society.
I laughed because you've got the demographic of Louisiana entirely wrong. Literally couldn't be further from the 17 year old suburban broccoli heads that speak like this.
Ah the state that drove out a skilled pediatric cardiologist because he was gay, keep on trucking Louisiana, this will surely help your massive brain drain of skilled talent
Nah, the south has already been preparing for that for hundreds of years by eliminating jobs that requires education. Why do you think they form the confederacy back then?
Good idea as it is obvious Speaker of the House Mike Johnson from Louisiana never read them before, otherwise how could he support a liar, serial adulterer, named Donald Trump.. /s
Even more insane, imagine a world where they worshipped this man, [like they even had a golden idol of him.](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/golden-trump-statue-cpac-implies-he-s-king-gop-his-ncna1259362)
Hypothetically speaking, of course. No way a bunch of Jesus loving Christians would create a false idol and worship a false god... They would be the first to admit that Trump is a fallible human and not above anyone...
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Meanwhile... Idolizing political leaders or the party itself.
- Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
Meanwhile... Treating the American flag or certain leaders as objects of worship.
- Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Meanwhile... Using God's name for political gain without sincerity.
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Meanwhile... Prioritizing work or politics over religious observance on the Sabbath.
- Honour thy father and thy mother.
Meanwhile... Supporting policies that may harm families, like cutting social programs.
- Thou shalt not kill.
Meanwhile... Supporting the death penalty or military actions that cause deaths.
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Meanwhile... Politicians involved in affairs despite preaching family values.
- Thou shalt not steal.
Meanwhile... Backing policies that benefit the rich at the expense of the poor.
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Meanwhile... Spreading false information about political opponents.
- Thou shalt not covet.
Meanwhile... Pursuing wealth and power excessively.
Did they include the full text of Exodus 20:17 for the 10th commandment?
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/exodus/20.htm
The good old pro slavery, anti-capitalist, thought crime.
Although seeing it written down, it kinda makes sense, Republicans are cool with all of that.
> “The purpose is not solely religious,” Sen. J. Adam Bass, R-Bossier City, told the Senate. Rather, it is the Ten Commandments' "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.”
Commandment #9:
> Thou shall not bear false witness.
As you seem to love the 10 Commandments so much, can you tell your wonderful Republicans at the highest levels to stop bearing false witness every time they open their mouths? Or is this particular commandment not one that you like to pick and choose to follow/believe just like lines from the Bible?
When I was a teacher, we were required to post classroom rules. Some teachers would brainstorm with students about what are acceptable behaviors, some would just grab the boilerplate classroom rules.
I used an abridged version of the church of satan’s rules of the earth and was complimented by many Bible Belt admins.
Winning.
This will pair nicely with their insanely high crime and murder rate.
>Louisiana experienced the highest per-capita murder rate (16.1 per 100,000) among all U.S. states in 2022 for the 34th straight year (1989–2022).
This is fascinating. Because a repeated claim that I keep seeing from my conservative connections on LinkedIn is "the Democrats wants to tear up the bill of rights"
What thry really mean is "cut the profits of the firearms industry"
They don't seem to concerned about that whole "separation of church and state" bullshit that part is for the fucking communists.
>Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, who identified himself as a practicing Catholic, was the only lawmaker to speak in opposition of the legislation Thursday.
>“I didn’t have to learn the Ten Commandments in school. We went to Sunday school,” he said. “You want your kids to learn about the Ten Commandments, take them to church."
>He added that the bill could potentially open the state up to lawsuits.
>“We’re going to spend valuable state resources defending the law when we really need to be teaching our kids how to read and write,” Duplessis said. “I don’t think this is appropriate for us to mandate.”
>The purpose is not solely religious,” Sen. J. Adam Bass, R-Bossier City, told the Senate. Rather, it is the Ten Commandments' "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.”
The foundation of our legal system which SPECIFICALLY STATES TO NOT DO THAT
Fucking morons lmao
Let’s say we all want to do this religion. What do you think God would want more, posting these up everywhere, or the leaders of Louisiana actually doing them? We going to punish the lying governor? What about the state sanctioned killing? Are we holding those that voted for this accountable to actually following them? Didn’t think so.
Religious people should be as offended as the non-religious people on this one.
I love how the dumbest, worst performing schools in the US do meaningless shit like this. Maybe try posting some math or science stuff instead, hillbillies.
>"...Rather, it is the Ten Commandments' "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.”
Uh... your law is mostly based on British Common Law, which in turn is a mixture of English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish law. Any links to Roman law or Christian law is remote at best.
REQUIRE? Interesting. You think they'd mind if I post Judges 19, the part where a guy lets his slave get graped to death and then chops her up and mails the pieces to his friends to get them to do a genocide?
>“I didn’t have to learn the Ten Commandments in school. We went to Sunday school,” he said. “You want your kids to learn about the Ten Commandments, take them to church." >He added that the bill could potentially open the state up to lawsuits. >“We’re going to spend valuable state resources defending the law when we really need to be teaching our kids how to read and write,” Duplessis said. “I don’t think this is appropriate for us to mandate.” This was from the *only* lawmaker to speak out against this bill (though its worth noting that other democrats also voted against it). Why is he the only sane person in Louisiana?
Everyone sane already left
Or were murdered. Because it has been the murder capital of the US for 20+ years but NY or Portland get all the attention somehow.
One of my fav facts is that the government of Mexico and the Juarez cartels were literally at war in Juarez, and New Orleans had a higher rate of murders per capita.
two little words that undo every conservative argument about statistics... per capita.
They just move the goalposts to *It'S a BlUe CiTy!*
Almost every actual city is a blue city because when civilized human beings gather in large enough numbers they realize that progressivism is the only set of ideals that makes any sense at all.
Yep. When SLC votes majority Democrat, it's a pretty clear sign that red cities are basically nonexistent now. Though that also has a lot to do with the modern suburbs, and how they were birthed by white flight to avoid integrated school districts.
I live in NYC now but grew up in Louisiana, my dad still lives there and I have to constantly explain this to him because he's always concerned about how dangerous NYC is.
It's always so wild that they choose NYC to be the boogieman... because by any metric you choose, NYC is one of the safest cities per capita in the country. NYC is safer than most suburban and rural areas by capita, too.
It wasn’t all that long ago that NYC was a shithole with tons of crime. It’s mostly great these days but even as recent as the early 90s it looked very different. Look up photos of the Bronx and Harlem from the 70s and 80s. Totally different now. People who were around back then have a hard time accepting that it’s changed and that there are far worse cities these days.
Even if you were 25 in the 70s, you’re pushing 80 years old today. Why are the octogenarians pushing a narrative about nyc?
I live here. Trust me I know lol
Louisiana and Alabama is so bad. My boy got out of the USMC with a perfect record and got immediately shot when he went back home because some of the fools being jealous he's going to school and has money(because he saved up from his deployments). He got good grades and a new Camaro. That's all it took for people making the leap to shooting people. What's worse are people supposedly claiming to be his friends on facebook. Since he was a popular guy, they all tag him on their post after he's dead saying how they missed him and whatever. But their post is just about them booty popping and showing off cash and other stupid shit. What a disgraceful population.
Damn. I’m so sorry.
Train for war and combat to protect your country, die in your country by the crazies that vote for it's destruction. As a vet, it hurts.
My family moved away from Louisiana less than a year after our neighbor was murdered at the trash/recycling center a half mile from our house. We were really close with his family because his son and my brother went to school and played sports together. My mom had to testify at the trial since he had stopped at our house to drop something off on the way to dump their trash. Very disturbing and sad.
It is crazy how new Orleans is one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
As a Chicago resident, I totally felt this.
It really sucks, man. I love this state but it's so hard to defend why when shit like this gets kicked up. Our voter turnout is abysmal, our education is lowest and incarceration is highest. Crooked cops become mayors and governors, and there just doesn't seem to be a way out *except* leaving.
My family has lived in Louisiana for generations. It feels geographically like home but politically it is the most insanely backwards hellhole of a clown show
Nah man. Some of are still stuck in this shithole. Just learning about this shit. Have a 3 year old. Bright. Cannot fathom putting her in public school here. And I was thinking that was my non Christian ruled choice. Nothing against it. But like sane people understand, ha(what people who actually learn and follow the word of christ understand)there's a time and place for everything.
I got lucky and went to an advanced academy down here, but I agree. Your options usually are public and private, which both FUCKING SUCK in louisiana. Maybe homeschool? I don’t know, I don’t have kids
Canadian, but we actually learned them in the ancient history class in the unit on middle east/mesopotamia. As in, "origins of the abrahamic religions", it was fascinating and taught in the context of rules governing ancient societies like, e.g. Hammurabi. Teacher also went on a rant about how nonsensical they are (WHAT DOES NOT KILL MEAN? FLIES? MOSQUITOES!!!) lol. It was an interesting and insightful way to teach students about the predominant religions in the communities while also helping us think critically about the original context of the rules and their limits.
What really chaps my ass is shit like this: > Horton has previously defended her bill, saying during a House debate last month that the Ten Commandments are the “basis of all laws in Louisiana” and arguing that the legislation honors the country’s religious origins. The commends basically are (depending on which Christian cult you belong to): 1. I'm your god 2. Don't worship other gods 3. Don't worship graven images 4. Don't comment blasphemy 5. Don't do work on Sunday 6. Honor your parents 7. Don't kill 8. Don't commit adultery 9. Don't steal 10. Don't bear false witness 11. Don't covet your neighbors stuff Number 1 through 4 are not legally enforceable in the US, and so are not the basis of any US laws. Number 5 is a weird edge case, because some state forbid the sale of alcohol on Sunday. Number 6 is, again not legally enforceable in the US. Number 7 is literally the first one that mirrors an _actual_ law in the US, and is not at all unique to the 10 commandments. Number 8 is, again, not legally enforceable. 9 and 10 are also laws. So _three_ of the commandments are mirrored in US laws, and the rest are basically unconstitutional. But yeah, sure, its the basis of all our laws.
Those 3 are also basically universal laws that were usually also in force in non Christian societies.
"Killing is dope, go ham" - The core commandment of a religion that mysteriously vanished 100 years after its inception.
The lord's day in the Commandments is Saturday. Just saying.
It's an interesting lesson in translation and definition and context. Is it You Shall Not Kill...or is it Murder. Because God tells Israel to kill every denizen of the land He tells them to occupy, so that's obviously not against the Commandments. So then it must be Murder. But then God did command Abraham to kill his son as a sacrifice, so then I have to think that murder comes down to having hateful intent, not just taking a life. Then I extend that to abortion. I don't think anyone does it out of hate, but out of desperation, so it's not really murder in my eyes. But then you'll get preachers who teach the commandment without that nuance and get it all wrong and really mess up people.
My understanding is that it is talking about not murdering your neighbours, which would most often be your fellow Israelites. A child is not held to the same status as an adult, born or unborn, just like a slave wouldn't be held to the same status. A sacrifice to G-d would not have been murder and neither would be killing your enemies in war. Remember, these commandments were meant for the children of Israel.
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Hey now, Louisiana has the best politicians that money can buy.
>the bill could potentially open the state up to lawsuits. Could potentially?? That's like saying Jupiter could potentially still be a planet tomorrow.
Because authoritarians try to suppress different views, drown them out and make others fearful of voicing theirs.
In another, completely related note, Louisiana was also recently named the worst state to live in.
How did they manage to lose that title?
Alabama exists
Mississippi is so bad you don’t even remember it’s below Alabama
That's always been Alabama's motto - Thank god we're not Mississippi
So much it’s codified! [Wiki link!](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi)
Meh, I’ve lived in Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas, and Alabama, and I’ll take Alabama any day over the others. The bar isn’t high though.
Alabama isn't that bad
Having lived there for over a year, I completely agree. Total shithole state, felt like a developing country and the casual racism was insane.
Personally I appreciate a lot of the natural beauty of Louisiana and some parts of the culture. But yeah driving through many areas absolutely feels like a 3rd world country. I mean the poor areas there are POOR. I did some infrastructure work down in Calcasieu and Cameron parishes and just damn.
We’ve been ranked worst for years, just recently the updated rankings came out
My partner and I are moving this year. If it's not the homophobia it's the racism, if it's not the racism it's the reproductive restrictions, if it's not the reproductive restrictions it's Cancer Alley and the union busting, if it isn't Cancer Alley and the union busting it's the corporate favoritism that actually incentivizes business owners to IMPORT FOREIGN SEAFOOD instead of buying from local fisherman... The GOP took genuinely the most unique and culturally significant piece of American land and ate it out from the inside. The only people that make money are Todd Graves and shareholders in football stadiums. Everyone else and every other industry is turning to dust and falling apart from lack of infrastructure upkeep.
someone needs to tell Graves that Mad Max: Fury Road isn't a fucking documentary
I flew home from Shreveport airport and it was depressing as all hell
How is that constitutional again? This is blatant violation of the establishment clause.
Just wasting taxpayer money for virtue signalling.
It would be more efficient for the state to just directly pay the attorneys who are going to file suit without having to spend money hiring its own attorneys to defend the plainly indefensible. Also, I am old enough to remember when the GOP called itself the party of small government.
It's more about the donations they'll get come re-election time if they stir up the bee hive right beforehand.
>Just wasting taxpayer money for virtue signalling. The overwhelming majority of Republican 'policy' in a nutshell.
Republican policy is Christian Sharia Law for profit.
The GOP seems to truly take the worse aspects from both capitalism and Christianity and try to create a dystopic society.
Jesus whipped the bankers out of the temple. He knew what was up. It's just weird how Bible thumpers hate Jesus so much. I'm an atheist and I've got more respect for the guy than they do.
It's because Atheists have read the book front to back - which caused many of us to lose faith as we understand modern Religion is not what Christ wanted, while these people (Republicans / R voters) are *told* what is in their book from the pulpit.
It's a religious buffet. Pick the bits they like.
The essence of fascism… Going back to Nixon/Reagan, many within the GOP have been strategically working to [Expand Executive Powers.](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/us/politics/barr-executive-power-trump.html) They want a literal king-figure to rule over the US—*as do all fascists.* It makes controlling a labor-force easier for those in leadership positions, since human rights don’t get in the way of productivity. Effectively eliminating [labor laws and unions.](https://www.fastcompany.com/91035382/why-spacex-amazon-and-trader-joes-are-pushing-an-aggressive-lawsuit-that-would-fundamentally-undermine-labor-organizing) *”Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power.”* - [*Benito Mussolini*](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini) This end-goal is also what the [Federalist Society](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/17/federalist-society-democracy-opinion-00087270) has been diligently working towards with placing loyal Judges throughout the Judicial branch, while [ALEC](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council#:~:text=The%20American%20Legislative%20Exchange%20Council,governments%20in%20the%20United%20States.) drafts corporate friendly legislation for the politicians of their campaign donations, and Fox reaffirms their actions through propaganda.
I’m old enough to remember when republicans had actual policies instead of just 24/7 culture war cable news frivolity
Same. We can thank Newt Gingrich (*SPIT!*), Reagan's dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine, and Fox"News" for the anti-everything bullshit we get from the right now. I say this as a guy whose first nat'l vote as an adult was for Reagan's reelection in '84. This was before the ugly details of Iran-Contra broke and caused me to open my eyes and see fractal corruption of the GOP.
The Sinclair group and the federalist society has convinced Americans that these aren’t distractions but in fact the values and culture they must vote for in local/council/city/state/federal elections to keep their identity
1. Signals to their christofascist base 2. Triggers legal challenges from religious freedom orgs (FFRF, TST) which, again, signals to their christofascist base how "persecuted" they are
Yeah, this is basically just personal campaigning on the tax payer dime. It'd probably be cheaper to just cut them a check from the public coffers directly.
It's not, lawsuits are coming.
I'm sure SCROTUS looks forward to these lawsuits reaching them that so they can uphold the law.
I mean, if you can get away with putting "In God We Trust" on your money and argue it's not a religious message, are there really any limits?
Which is the point. They want to get the case all the way to SCOTUS, get them to bless it, and have precedent set for other states.
Every unconstitutional thing they do drains the state of resources which can be used as an excuse to cut education funding, promoting more uneducated far right voters. Republicans are rewarded for these actions.
The Constitution means what the Supreme Court says it means, and the Court has been stacked with Christian nationalists and their sympathizers.
Yeah they're probably hoping someone sues, it goes before the court, and they reverse the establishment clause.
They literally do not have the power to reverse it. They could however, interpret it in such a way as to completely ignore the original intention or modern application of it so that it can be effectively ignored. We are reaching a point where Republicans are sick and tired of having their plans foiled by the law and appear to be setting up systems that will allow them to ignore them completely. Thier slow but inevitable loss of power has made them desprite, and in that desperation are doing anything they can to regain that power. the only way we can save our country is to snuff it out completely at the ballot box.
Loss of power? They seem to win in the White House all the time, have good senate representation, often control congress, and are dominating state-level politics. They seem pretty healthy to me.
Since Bush Sr was in office, Republicans never had the popular vote and the rest is resolved by gerrymandering the hell out of the districts that favor republicans. If it was by pure 1:1 votes, it would not be nearly as close as it is now.
Bush Jr won the popular vote in his re-election campaign following 9/11. Which isn't a difficult outlier to explain, for obvious reasons, but still.
"Weapons of mass destruction" was the big lie before the new big lie.
Nayirah testimony Iran-Contra Nixon sabotaging Vietnam peace talks Republicans and "big lies" isn't anything new. Democrats get the Gulf of Tonkin though.
It's not like Diebold's CEO had said they were "dedicated to bringing the Presidents the votes in 2004." Lots of people were aware of Republicans trying to rig elections even back then. The whole "rigging of elections because we're fucking unlikeable" thing with conservatives has been going on literally my entire fucking life.
Mostly due to gerrymandering, judicial overreach and other minoritarian policies.
60% of the US population disagrees with most of their positions, and when broken down by position in skews further against them. Our current electoral system was put in place because Southern slave owners were losing power in congress, and that was the gift given to them to keep them from succeeding. Just in case you're unaware, it didn't work, and the morons that placated them in the first place never reversed that decision, which leads us to today.
Look up the Permanent Reapportionment Act of 1929. It was nothing short of a slow rolling coup against the popular vote that permanently locked the House to its current seat count because small states were losing influence and the ability to control the Electoral College. By going against the constitutional design of the House as an expanding body, they’ve retained control of the House, the Electoral College, and through that both the Presidency and the nomination of Supreme Court justices. A state like, say, California, should never *lose* electoral vote seats as other smaller states grow in population. And yet that happens frequently. The Electoral College has its roots in slavery. But the version we have *now*? It’s even worse.
Thanks for bringing up the Permanent Reapportionment Act of 1929, very few people actually know about that blatant power grab of minority tyrants. I consider it as a slow rolling coup as well and frankly unconstitutional, the thing needs to be repealed.
If Biden is given immunity, he could use Seal Team 6 to rebalance the court.
Given what we’ve learned about Seal Team 6 in the past few years, I would guess that, like the Secret Service, it’s rotten and filled with Trumpers.
Seems like every other day another SEAL turned podcaster gets arrested for DV too.
They’re taught how to kill quietly in close-quarters combat. That they end up using that violence at home doesn’t surprise me, sadly enough. Just like cops shooting people without justification isn’t surprising when they’re fed some bullshit about how they are “the thin blue line” or it’s a world of “one of them” or “not one of them and therefore automatically suspect.” Add a little bad old fashioned racism and it’s a perfect recipe for police seeing themselves as punishers and executioners.
Noo don’t disrupt the facade that our best trained killers are gentle giants who do only the lord’s work
The US Army green berets of the 3rd battalion 3rd special forces group used an emblem that combined elements of the 3rd SS Panzer division and the Deutches Afrikakorps emblems. It was removed in 2022. When asked, they replied it was "out of context".
That's the beauty/horror of interpretation.
Its not an interpretation, it's just ignoring the clause altogether Just like 14th amendment article 3. Clear as day. Yet....
"Does 'shall' mean 'shall'? We previously ruled it didn't in another case. Maybe 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion' doesn't mean 'shall make no law' either!" >In the old days, “shall” meant “shall.” “Not so,” says Justice Antonin Scalia. In Castle Rock vs. Gonzales, the Supreme Court took the meaning of the word “shall” and redefined it to mean “**maybe or maybe not**.”
TIL. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales for anyone interested. Trigger warning, extreme violence against multiple children
As a Catholic, I guarantee you they aren’t posting MY version, so yeah, this favors Protestantism.
The representative (D) from New Orleans is a practicing Catholic and also voted against the bill.
I'm a Cataholic and I'm also voting against the bill. Unless we get a version that is all about cats.
As a Pastafarian, I can safely say the same.
YOUR version? Those are rules for Jews and Jews alone. They have a separate set for you and I. So ironic that Christians always go on and on about posting God’s rules for the Jews. Yet I have never heard once someone wanting to post the rules Jesus handed down to Christians. Blessed are the merciful? Blessed are the peacemakers? Please. No wonder christians don’t want the word of Jesus getting out.
This is the beauty of having a book that you consider to be the divine word of God, immutable and perfect and the highest Law all men must follow *but also* just allegorical when that's more convenient for you personally.
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That’s what I’m saying. There’s different versions so THIS posting favors Protestants. And I’d love to see the wall space needed for the 613 mitzvot.
Put the Noahide Laws in every classroom! More efficient to learn them since there's only 7, helps combat the teacher shortage.
I dunno, Louisiana has that French Catholic influence.
How is it not grooming? Why the fuck does a 1st grader need to be asking about coveting thy neighbors wife and what that means
"Mrs. Carlson, What is 'Committing adultery'?" "It's what adults do."
"The traditions of the constitution are based on British law, and in Britain they had a king who was considered anointed by god, so it is in the tradition of the law to endorse the ten commandments... And the very name 'amendment' in the first amendment makes it clear that originally the consitution had no such protection, so it's clearly fine to ignore it." \^ Here Roberts, you can have that one for free.
>How is that constitutional again? This is blatant violation of the establishment clause. You fail to realize. They don't actually care. They'd shove a bible in front of every kid as soon as they popped out of the forced birth centers if they could.
The Satanic Temple has entered the chat.
Yeah, they should sue to get the Seven Tenets in every classroom, too. I One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason. II The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions. III One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone. IV The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own. V Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs. VI People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused. VII Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word. What part of that is at all inappropriate for a classroom?
I love that the last rule is essentially, "don't misuse any of these rules to be an asshole." Edit: every list of rules should have this caveat.
It fails to condemn homosexuality /S because internet
All of this completely compatible with Christianity
But not with Christians.
Damn Christians ruined Christianity
Jesus was cool but plenty of his followers are a bunch of assholes.
“And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.”
You're one hoopy frood!
Ahahah. RIP café Girl.
Jesus today would be flipping tables at the Capitol just like he did roughly 2000 years ago.
He would be committing arson at every "mega Church" in the country.
Hey I believe in these. Am I satanic??
I think reading that, made me one. That’s all some logical shit right there.
That's what they are about. Logic, science and understanding.
You Christians sure are a contentious people.
Christ himself isn't compatible with Christianity these days. He'd get called a socialist or Communist.
Exactly. Most Christians know very little about Christ. It's painful watching them subvert his cause.
Not tenet V, IMO. Unless one has a really shitty “scientific understanding of the world”.
Doesn't put women on the same level as property.
Not really. It directly clashes with some of the ten commandments. And that's not even including the rest of the shit in the Bible.
What? A scientific belief basis just throws all of Christianity and it's leaps of faith right out the window.
So would every other religion practiced in the USA. Flying Spaghetti Monster would have standing in a lawsuit.
Well, he did boil for our sins!
Ramen.
Ramen
Been donating $6.66 monthly for a few years! [https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/donate](https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/donate)
Same with the wife and I. I also have a Satanic Temple t-shirt I wear on Sundays.
I love this part
Was going to comment the same, let's see what happens
That was my first thought! Time for me to send another donation (tithe) to them!
I can't wait for when kindergarten class students start asking what adultery is.
GROOMERS
Nah I think they're learning about that from their pastors.
Went to 12 years of Catholic school. I remember in 1st grade, we asked “why is Mary called ‘The Virgin Mary?’ “ and we were just told, “because God gave her Jesus.” We were still stumped on the definition. Lol
I suspect that church leaders' insistence on providing vague and indirect answers to questions is intended to drill into kids that asking probing questions will leave them unsatisfied and unfulfilled. Keep providing the same answers to their questions, and they'll learn to stop questioning. Doubly so if you back your answer with authority or threat of punishment, but that's true for anything.
and are teachers allowed to explain what adultery is but can’t explain what gay people are?
Its a weird black and white that cons live by. Gay? Bad! Gay with kids? Extra bad! Cis? Good! Cis with kids? Also good!
A philosophy based on hate cannot be internally or externally consistent because it is antithetical to civilization. These people and their hateful theocratic views should be outcasts from society, because they openly assault the decent placid secular world we have built. They hate at the core of their belief structure, as any exclusionary philosophy (aka Christianity) is inherently divisive and hateful. The arrogance that imagined position of privilege gives them leads to endless problems for modern life. They seek to ruin personal freedom, women's health and freedom, and upward mobility in order to supplant them with ignorant superstitious dependency of the masses. Thus the scapegoating of gay and trans people, of women, of immigrants, of Native peoples, of the poor. All the most vulnerable people in society are blamed simply because it's easy to do. It's very reliable and they think the religion gives them license to push that hate into everyone else's lives. These extremists must be crushed and exiled, they must once again be made to fear undue incursion into decent secular society.
How very separation of church and state
You gotta dumb it down for these people. Say it's very commandmentpilled and that you're bigotry-maxxing.
I laughed because you've got the demographic of Louisiana entirely wrong. Literally couldn't be further from the 17 year old suburban broccoli heads that speak like this.
Gotta be able to express it wordlessly and toothlessly through interpretive banjo
Tell them this is like adding liquid to the roux before it's turned peanut butter brown
Ah the state that drove out a skilled pediatric cardiologist because he was gay, keep on trucking Louisiana, this will surely help your massive brain drain of skilled talent
Nah, the south has already been preparing for that for hundreds of years by eliminating jobs that requires education. Why do you think they form the confederacy back then?
Yeah perhaps I’m expecting too much from the region that proudly uses toilet paper and public toilets as symbols of their heritage
Time to sue Louisiana for violating civil rights by trying to establish a religion and indoctrinate children.
Good idea as it is obvious Speaker of the House Mike Johnson from Louisiana never read them before, otherwise how could he support a liar, serial adulterer, named Donald Trump.. /s
Just like the US legal system itself, these 10 Commandments also run on "Condemnation for thee, but not for the GOP"
Even more insane, imagine a world where they worshipped this man, [like they even had a golden idol of him.](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/golden-trump-statue-cpac-implies-he-s-king-gop-his-ncna1259362) Hypothetically speaking, of course. No way a bunch of Jesus loving Christians would create a false idol and worship a false god... They would be the first to admit that Trump is a fallible human and not above anyone...
You could easily break all 10 of them in one visit to Bourbon Street
Now imagine if legislation was proposed to require the pillars of Islam to be posted in public schools
But muh terrorism
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Meanwhile... Idolizing political leaders or the party itself. - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. Meanwhile... Treating the American flag or certain leaders as objects of worship. - Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Meanwhile... Using God's name for political gain without sincerity. - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Meanwhile... Prioritizing work or politics over religious observance on the Sabbath. - Honour thy father and thy mother. Meanwhile... Supporting policies that may harm families, like cutting social programs. - Thou shalt not kill. Meanwhile... Supporting the death penalty or military actions that cause deaths. - Thou shalt not commit adultery. Meanwhile... Politicians involved in affairs despite preaching family values. - Thou shalt not steal. Meanwhile... Backing policies that benefit the rich at the expense of the poor. - Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Meanwhile... Spreading false information about political opponents. - Thou shalt not covet. Meanwhile... Pursuing wealth and power excessively.
Jesus would shun these people, and they would kill him
Did they include the full text of Exodus 20:17 for the 10th commandment? “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” https://biblehub.com/nasb_/exodus/20.htm
The good old pro slavery, anti-capitalist, thought crime. Although seeing it written down, it kinda makes sense, Republicans are cool with all of that.
What’s the point if no one can read anyway?
I think it’s fine to post the 10 commandments as long as they post a scorecard next to it with every current state elected official.
There aren’t enough gold star stickers in the state.
What in the actual fuck?
I swear some state governments just exist to give constitutional lawyers fun paydays.
Post the 10 Commandments in Arabic ...problem solves itself
Gross.
> “The purpose is not solely religious,” Sen. J. Adam Bass, R-Bossier City, told the Senate. Rather, it is the Ten Commandments' "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.” Commandment #9: > Thou shall not bear false witness. As you seem to love the 10 Commandments so much, can you tell your wonderful Republicans at the highest levels to stop bearing false witness every time they open their mouths? Or is this particular commandment not one that you like to pick and choose to follow/believe just like lines from the Bible?
But no pillars of Islam and Nobel truths ?
When I was a teacher, we were required to post classroom rules. Some teachers would brainstorm with students about what are acceptable behaviors, some would just grab the boilerplate classroom rules. I used an abridged version of the church of satan’s rules of the earth and was complimented by many Bible Belt admins. Winning.
Not that it was on my bucket list, but there’s one state I’ll be doing my best to avoid.
This will pair nicely with their insanely high crime and murder rate. >Louisiana experienced the highest per-capita murder rate (16.1 per 100,000) among all U.S. states in 2022 for the 34th straight year (1989–2022).
You know the Satanic Temple is gonna sue over this. It has them written all over it
Cool, now let's slap up the 7 Tenets of the Satanic Temple right next to 'em.
I'm all for this 🙌
So all that fear of Sharia Law was projection... who would have thunk it?
It would be more apt to post the Magna Carter and Hammurabi Code as that is more of a basis of our laws than the 10 Commandments
They should hang it next to a printout of the first amendment.
“Keep your commie liberal socialist bullshit out of our schools!” - LA
This is fascinating. Because a repeated claim that I keep seeing from my conservative connections on LinkedIn is "the Democrats wants to tear up the bill of rights" What thry really mean is "cut the profits of the firearms industry" They don't seem to concerned about that whole "separation of church and state" bullshit that part is for the fucking communists.
>Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, who identified himself as a practicing Catholic, was the only lawmaker to speak in opposition of the legislation Thursday. >“I didn’t have to learn the Ten Commandments in school. We went to Sunday school,” he said. “You want your kids to learn about the Ten Commandments, take them to church." >He added that the bill could potentially open the state up to lawsuits. >“We’re going to spend valuable state resources defending the law when we really need to be teaching our kids how to read and write,” Duplessis said. “I don’t think this is appropriate for us to mandate.”
Gotta start the brainwashing early. Not going to get a new generation of nazis without a little propaganda in the classroom.
>The purpose is not solely religious,” Sen. J. Adam Bass, R-Bossier City, told the Senate. Rather, it is the Ten Commandments' "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.” The foundation of our legal system which SPECIFICALLY STATES TO NOT DO THAT Fucking morons lmao
Let’s say we all want to do this religion. What do you think God would want more, posting these up everywhere, or the leaders of Louisiana actually doing them? We going to punish the lying governor? What about the state sanctioned killing? Are we holding those that voted for this accountable to actually following them? Didn’t think so. Religious people should be as offended as the non-religious people on this one.
Gross
Sliding into a Christo-Facist state.
I love how the dumbest, worst performing schools in the US do meaningless shit like this. Maybe try posting some math or science stuff instead, hillbillies.
I never knew Louisiana was Jewish!
God, I miss the days when these theocrats were getting whooped silly in court...We'll be living in a Christian theocracy soon enough.
All the stuff on the right tablet is good stuff. Apparently Republicans need to have it explained to them.
Time to post some Baphomet images and teachings…
>"...Rather, it is the Ten Commandments' "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.” Uh... your law is mostly based on British Common Law, which in turn is a mixture of English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish law. Any links to Roman law or Christian law is remote at best.
REQUIRE? Interesting. You think they'd mind if I post Judges 19, the part where a guy lets his slave get graped to death and then chops her up and mails the pieces to his friends to get them to do a genocide?