Judge pushed enactment of law to display religious code until November in response to parents’ suit

Judge pushed enactment of law to display religious code until November in response to parents’ suit

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    5 months ago

    Louisiana Legislature: “You have to put the Ten Commandments in every classroom.”

    Louisiana Courts: “Whoa, whoa, whoa! That’s entirely too close to spending public money on some form of education for our tastes.”

  • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
    16·
    5 months ago

    Republicans love wasting the court’s time and taxpayer money on red herring bullshit

  • ALQ@lemmy.world
    15·
    5 months ago

    “[…]maybe if the Ten Commandments were hanging on the wall in the school that he was in, maybe he wouldn’t have taken a shot at the [former] president.”

    I dunno, isn’t one of the commandments about worshipping false idols? People have killed for Christianity before; what is different about it now that would discourage someone from removing a false idol? Nothing. Instead, the religious right promotes violence (just against the Other), so wouldn’t be discouraging violence at all.

    I almost hope their religion is real - if it is, they’re going straight down when they die. It’s a warming feeling. 😊

  • HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    12·
    5 months ago

    maybe if the Ten Commandments were hanging on the wall in the school that he was in, maybe he wouldn’t have taken a shot at the [former] president.

    Ah, mental giants, these.

    • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
      5·
      5 months ago

      Especially funny since that former president is a much better example of someone who clearly doesn’t do very well when it comes to following the ten commandments.

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        5 months ago

        and considering Moses - the primary interlocutor of the commandments - also shot death rays from his fingertips and blew up an entire army beforehand

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    5 months ago

    they absolutely hate critical thinking because it doesn’t take much of it to make people stop and think “hey, all this religion stuff sounds like complete horseshit…”

    which it is

    • radicalautonomy@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 months ago

      Texas Republicans made the rejection of critical thinking skills part of their 2012 platform.

      “Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.”