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.
I’m religious neutral (I don’t like the term atheist), and I’m fine with the Ten Commandments.
Work within the system to bust it open.
The first commandment says “thou shalt have no other gods before me.” In a monotheistic religion (one god), that seems nonsensical. What He’s really saying is you can’t put anything before God. Including money. Or greed.
Another one says “thou shalt not bear false witness,” which is to say “don’t lie,” but they can’t stop doing that.
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s…” I forget. Ass is in my family’s KJV (meaning donkey of course) and that’s funny. But this is another good one. They need to stop coveting our freedom and what little we have left and stop stealing from the poor.
Why should we live by these rules if the people in power won’t? In that case the rules aren’t even arbitrary.
I’m anti-religion and fucking hate religion, so fuck the Ten Commandments and eat shit religious fuck wads
Fuck the Ten Commandments, and fuck your religion. I don’t care what the Bible says