Louisiana becomes 1st state to require the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms

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Louisiana becomes 1st state to require the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms
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“The purpose is not solely religious,” Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, told the Senate. Rather, it is the Ten Commandments' "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.”

Only two of them are actually law: Thou shalt not murder and thou shalt not steal.

This is all about religion, and they're going to get away with it. We'd be better off if our legal codes were based on the seven tenets instead.

America! Land of the free*!

*: Unless you meant freedom of religion. You better not! We'll sue/burn/shoot/jesus you if you do! Ultraconservative Christianity or death!

*unless you also meant freedom of expression or freedom of bodily autonomy

Wait, what's getting jesus'd...?

Oh, I did not think of the implications of making that a verb.

we make exceptions for even the murdering and stealing.

All the time, and especially for cops. (It's called 'qualified immunity' and 'civil forfeiture' instead of murdering and stealing, but it's the same thing.)

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