Louisiana orders every classroom to display Ten Commandments
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Anonymous
| The words "separation of church and state" do not appear in the U.S. Constitution |
Anonymous
Not the words, but the concept certainly is there. And you know this, you just don't like it because you want a theocracy based on your bronze age myths. That's un-American. Why do you hate the constitution? |
Anonymous
Read the establishment clause. |
Anonymous
How will slapping something on the wall in your classroom help your students, or their parents? How will tearing off a name of your school or a statue of historical significance help your students, or their parents? I asked that hundreds of posts ago and no one has answered. |
Anonymous
Although some government action implicating religion is permissible, and indeed unavoidable, it is not clear just how much the Establishment Clause tolerates. It is open to interpretation. |
Anonymous
If you want to go that route, then there is nothing in the Constitution that says that AK-47, AR-15 and bump stocks are required to be allowed. If you are truly an Originalist then only muskets, rifles, flintlocks and other period weapons are protected by 2A. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
How will tearing off a name of your school or a statue of historical significance help your students, or their parents? I asked that hundreds of posts ago and no one has answered. So...you're conflating adding the Ten Commandments with removing the names of Confederate generals from schools. Here's an example of two schools that removed their Confederate names four years ago, and are now bringing those names back: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/education-board-virginia-votes-restore-schools-confederate-names-2024-05-10/ Note that both decisions were made by the local school board. School boards answer more directly to the voters - their meetings are generally open to the public. On the other hand, even if you happen to live near your state capital, it's unlikely you'd be given the opportunity to speak during a meeting of the state legislature. If one school district in Louisiana had mandated that every classroom had to have the Ten Commandments it wouldn't have been national news. But when an entire state makes such a law, people notice. What would happen if a school district in Louisiana refused to enforce the law - something like this? https://wamu.org/story/19/12/04/va-counties-declare-they-wont-abide-by-new-gun-laws-is-that-legal/ And you bring up statues, as if to say taking down a statue erases history. It doesn't. History is there to be learned: Take a class. Read a book. We put up statues of people we admire. Nixon was an important historical figure but we don't have too many statues of him. |
Anonymous
| Maga doesn’t care that their leader doesn’t follow the commandments. They simply want a guy that will do what they want. And he will. |
Anonymous
| How does putting up the 10 Commandments help in any way? |
Anonymous
Well they won’t have to see their government honoring traitors and so it will make them less cynical about our society. That’s pretty significant. |
Anonymous
Or that corporations are people and money is free speech. Welcome to violent, oligarch America. |
Anonymous
It doesn’t. It’s performative. |
