Boss man agenda
Last June we were talking about Louisiana’s plan to force “the 10 commandments” on school children.
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law Wednesday.
The GOP-drafted legislation mandates that a poster-size display of the Ten Commandments in a “large, easily readable font” be in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities.
Opponents question the law’s constitutionality, warning that lawsuits would be likely to follow. Proponents say that the purpose of the measure is not solely religious but that it has historical significance. In the law’s language, the Ten Commandments are described as “foundational documents of our state and national government.”
Nonsense. Let’s not forget: the first four – 40% of the total – are purely goddy. Of course the measure is religious; it can’t not be.
The first four: no gods other than me, no idols, no blasphemy, remember the sabbath. Nearly half the vital foundation of morality is about pampering the bossy prickly vain jealous put me first goddy figure. Nearly half is not morality at all but the terms the new dictator imposes.
Of course that dreck has no business in schools, let alone being mandated in schools.
Today the bill hit a speed bump.
A coalition of parents attempting to block a state law that would require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms by next year have won a legal battle in federal court.
U.S. District Judge John deGravelles issued an order Tuesday granting the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction, which means the state can’t begin its plan to promote and create rules surrounding the law as soon as Friday while the litigation plays out.
The judge wrote that the law is “facially unconstitutional” and “in all applications,” barring Louisiana from enforcing it and adopting rules around it that obligate all public K-12 schools and colleges to exhibit posters of the Ten Commandments.
It’s hard to see how the libertarian wing of the Republicans could stomach such a law.
Gov. Jeff Landry signed the GOP-backed legislation in June, part of his conservative agenda that has reshaped Louisiana’s cultural landscape, from abortion rights to criminal justice to education.
The move prompted a coalition of parents — Jewish, Christian, Unitarian Universalist and nonreligious — to sue the state in federal court. They argued that the law “substantially interferes with and burdens” their First Amendment right to raise their children with whatever religious doctrine they want.
Including zero.
I’d rather it be the Bill of Rights. Maybe also mandate a curriculum that teaches kids how the government works. Give it a short, punchy name with an ex sound.
Or the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Or both: one on each side of the blackboard.
In case it wasn’t obvious, I was suggesting returning to the teaching of civics. A people with little to no understanding of their government is not a good thing.
I caught that…maybe because I had Civics in school, and I remember the name! I also remember more of what I learned in that class than many of my others. It was a useful class.