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.
This is something we’re all taught as kids, and it’s presented as “Oh, they were just quietly practicing in their own way, and then the mean government stepped in and trampled them simply because it was different from the Church of England”.
What we’re not taught is how the Puritans were a repressed bunch of freaks that everyone fucking hated, and were “persecuted” for being a menace to society. They literally hate life and enjoyment of it, and wanted a theocracy to enforce it. When they were in power in England, they literally banned the celebration of Christmas because people had too much fun celebrating it.
It then shouldn’t be surprising the US is filled with prudes who think they’re the most persecuted minority on the planet and want a theocracy to enforce it, because it’s literally the foundation of the country.