1mo ago

Texas governor signs bill requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms

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1mo ago

Governor Greg Abbott signs bill requiring 10 Commandments to be displayed in classrooms

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Ironically if these “Christians” actually followed the 10 commandments we wouldn’t be in half the mess we’re in.
You shall have no other gods before me: Trump
You shall not make idols: Trump literally made a goat with his face on it
You shall not murder: Palestinians
You shall not commit adultery: Hegseth amongst others
You shall not steal: the land from the Palestinians
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor: MAGA creating lies like “they’re eating the cats and dogs” to justify their racism
- I didn't know about that goat, but I do remember this monstrosity from cpac.
- Palestinians descended from the Bronze Age inhabitants of the Levant. Israelites later emerged from the Canaanite people (who are also strongly genetically tied to Palestinians) a thousand years later.
  
  Guess you need to give up your house to some random people, since your ancestors weren't born here two thousand years ago.
  You know, since that's what establishes who belongs where. Now GTFO.
- Thou shall not kill. Umm, y'all have the death penalty.
The Satanic Temple should have their tenets displayed then.
- Which, incidentally, are all phrases in the positive.
  
  The point of the ~~religion~~ satanic temple is to protest forced religion. It's positive from top to bottom.
- Alternatively the people who support this should have to explain to kindergarteners what adultery is.
  
  I was raised in the Assemblies of God, and I'm fairly sure that I knew an age-appropriate definition of adultery by kindergarten. Something along the lines of "breaking your marriage vows by being in a romantic relationship with another person."
  I definitely knew the actual definition of abortion by kindergarten because my church had fucked-up priorities.
Nazis keep your trash out of public spaces.
I showed my kids the Ten Commandments vs. The 7 fundy tenets.
They agree. 7 tenets > Ten Commandments.
- 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.
They're gonna be mad when a district judge tells them its unconstitutional.
- Nah, that's exactly what they want, so they can then appeal to the ultra conservative Supreme Court
Illegal and there is precedent for it. Roy Moore once tried to have the ten commandments displayed on courthouse property.
I don’t like to kink shame, but it’s obviously very important for the authoritarian right to repeatedly state the rules that they will be breaking in private.
- Private? They break them openly, in front of everyone.
I swear I've never seen a governor who blows more of his people's money then Greg Abbott. Just constantly lighting piles of cash on fire.
- Just constantly lighting piles of cash on fire.
  As a Texan I beg to differ, it’s a very efficient transfer of wealth showing the best of ingenuity
  
  From random taxpayers to lawyers?
Just cover it with a pride flag.
Just display them in thier original Hebrew.
- In Islamic, as Abraham's God intended (according to the Quran)
  
  In “Islamic”? Do you mean Classical Arabic?
The "10 things I hate about you" list from the Torah?

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