Texas cannot require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state’s new requirement, making it the third such state law to be blocked by a court.
A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders sought a preliminary injunction against the law, which goes into effect on Sept. 1. They say the requirement violates the First Amendment’s protections for the separation of church and state and the right to free religious exercise.
Texas is the largest state to attempt such a requirement, and U.S. District Judge Fred Biery’s ruling from San Antonio is the latest in a widening legal fight that’s expected to eventually go before the U.S. Supreme Court.
I feel like I read this story at least once a year, just swap out the name of a different red state each time. The party of small government will never stop trying to shove religion down our throats.
And you will continue to hear it every year until they win. It’s the same thing they did with abortion. Just keep hammering the issue over and over until the resistance is exhausted and they find a weak point in the defense and force their way through.
I am selling my house, giving up my well paying job, and leaving Texas in a week to be with my fiance who has already moved. I am terrified of the house not selling and of being unemployed. I originally graduated into a depressed job market with a soft degree and spent 2 years(!!!) job hunting before I got a job in retail customer service. Somehow over a decade, I managed to claw my way, tooth and fucking nail, into a career I’m proud of. The closer I get to being out of a job, the more scared I get but then I see stories like this and I am reminded why we decided that getting the fuck out of here was worth more than whatever financial security we’re giving up, (hopefully just in the short term.) This place is not fucking safe.
1st amendment of the U.S. Constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
They should put that text in every classroom
It would backfire anyway. Gonna be a lot of stoned politicians if kids start enforcing rules from the bible.
I’m bald and waiting to learn to cast summon she-bear swarm. The Bible says we get that spell if we lose our hair, right?
I feel the court also should order all conservatives to follow then too if they are forced in all classrooms.
- You shall have no other gods before Me.
“No more Trump or money worship.”
- You shall make no idols.
“See above.”
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
“Every time you preach Jesus and then fuck a child, you are violating this.”
- Keep the Sabbath day holy.
“Pay your workers way more so they do not have to work on Sunday.”
- Honor your father and your mother.
“Stripping your parents of Medicare certainly isn’t doing this.”
- You shall not murder.
“Guess conservatives need to stop asking for the deaths of everyone and anyone not them.”
- You shall not commit adultery.
“Hahah OK Conservatives.”
- You shall not steal.
“No stealing of benefits, elections, lands, people, money, etc.”
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
“Conservative talk radio and Fox News would go out of business.”
- You shall not covet.
“No wonder why in some of the most racist states, porn searches for Ebony, Transsexuals, and Asians is damned high.”
Yeah. Before you enforce them, follow them first.
Just a small note. Taking the Lord’s name in vain refers to attempting to perform magic using the Lord’s name. So Jimmy Swaggert and the other televangelists are the people who were most prominently breaking this commanment in recent years.
So only Jesus can ask for the lord to do miracles?
Publicly, yes. I don’t know what the church says about praying for personal miracles
The speaking in tongues and the faith healing fits this. Thanks pal.
They wanted the 10 commandments in every school, got that, and went “that’s not good enough, it should be in each room too”
Not long until “the 10 commandments must be in every bedroom”
I’m religious neutral (I don’t like the term atheist), and I’m fine with the Ten Commandments.
Work within the system to bust it open.
The first commandment says “thou shalt have no other gods before me.” In a monotheistic religion (one god), that seems nonsensical. What He’s really saying is you can’t put anything before God. Including money. Or greed.
Another one says “thou shalt not bear false witness,” which is to say “don’t lie,” but they can’t stop doing that.
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s…” I forget. Ass is in my family’s KJV (meaning donkey of course) and that’s funny. But this is another good one. They need to stop coveting our freedom and what little we have left and stop stealing from the poor.
Why should we live by these rules if the people in power won’t? In that case the rules aren’t even arbitrary.
I’m anti-religion and fucking hate religion, so fuck the Ten Commandments and eat shit religious fuck wads
Making it the third such state law to be blocked by a court.
It should become a criminal offense to write laws this way. Of course some laws you write will be challenged and that’s ok. But if you have legislation you wrote blocked by a court three times you belong in prison.
