Submitted 5 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
No word on which religion or sect’s version of the ten commandments will be used, but I think we can guess.
So next the Satanic Temple can put up a poster with their seven tenets, right? Right? And all the others? Let’s coat the walls with every religion’s posters! Like artsy wallpaper! Make schools less bland!
Wait, only Christian posters?
Rights for me, not for thee, of course. Forgot what freedom actually meant…
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
The very first words of the First Amendment that these fucktads go around screaming about.
Separation of church and state not mean anything?
Not really, no. Letters from Thomas Jefferson don’t generally get referenced in court. Now, the establishment clause might have an impact here, because this is definitely going to SCOTUS next year. The real question is whether they will respect the actual text of the first amendment or their bullshit “historical standards”.
Seems highly unconstitutional.
We’ll hang it right next to the ‘break glass in case of emergency’ gun cabinet.
shalafi@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I can hardly be arsed to get upset except that it’ll cost the government (read: tax money) to defend this idiot thing. These people have no idea what children are like.
It’s just another stupid poster on the wall. The kids are going to fall into two groups:
A) Those that are already religious and are familiar.
B) Those that aren’t and don’t give a shit.
It’s nothing but background noise to children. Just asked my kids if they have the 10 posted in their Arkansas schoolroom. Blank stares. LOL, they wouldn’t have a clue unless the teacher made a point of teaching from them.
alilbee@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m not so worried about the direct effect of seeing the commandments on the wall as much as the chilling effect it introduces into the classroom for teachers and older students. Something like this conveys support from authority and presses down on those who do not support those ideals.