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Texas SB 1515 would require all classrooms to feature the 10 Commandments
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EDIT: Also wanted to add SB 763
Something-something church and state. And you can definitely argue the "state" aspect of schools because Texas in particular has been poking its nose into everything the schools are doing.
Also, I'd like to know how many of those commandments the people pushing this bill have personally broken. Pretty sure it's a long way from zero.
Also, I'd like to know how many of those commandments the people pushing this bill have personally broken. Pretty sure it's a long way from zero.
There was one about the right to an abortion as well, and we all know how that turned out.
I wouldn't bet on it: religion in public schools is their other white whale.
It's bizarre because it's a purple-ish California-esque sized economy being run like it's a deep red no money Alabama-ish state.
nothing is settled now that the supreme court has turned into a weapon for the right wing.
Exactly.
It's also very diverse, but run like some Christo Fascist colony.
Their abortion laws are insanity.
Think of how many people have been involved with this, and how much time and energy has been expended to try and get this passed.
Can't give elementary kids free school lunch country-wide, but sure lets make sure the 10 Commandments are posted In every room.
Really focusing on what matters.
Can't give elementary kids free school lunch country-wide, but sure lets make sure the 10 Commandments are posted In every room.
Really focusing on what matters.
I'm sure a rebuttal against anyone with a brain saying this violates the First Amendment would be that "they're not forcing prayer" even though the Ten Commandments, whether we follow them intentionally or not, are religious doctrine.
Problem is, they're actually kind of right, because it's just for display, not for use. So long as nobody attempts to teach them to the class, it's most likely legal. Not ethical by any means, but likely legal.
Problem is, they're actually kind of right, because it's just for display, not for use. So long as nobody attempts to teach them to the class, it's most likely legal. Not ethical by any means, but likely legal.
Not sure if it should be included in this thread or put in a separate one, but please don't miss the related bill, Texas SB763.
This would allow untrained pastors to be put in place of guidance counselors and mental health providers, in public schools. Presumably this is so those pastors can fill the heads of at-risk children, with corrosive Christian rhetoric and orthodoxy, and not do that *and* molest them.
This would allow untrained pastors to be put in place of guidance counselors and mental health providers, in public schools. Presumably this is so those pastors can fill the heads of at-risk children, with corrosive Christian rhetoric and orthodoxy, and not do that *and* molest them.
Was about to quote you and add that part about molestation, but I see you got it covered.
Yeah, but conservative virtue signaling isn't the same thing, somehow.
If you want your kids to learn about Bible shit, send them to Sunday school, those Christian schools, or homeschool them. Separation of church and state exists for a reason.
I'm not even against religious studies classes, in the sense of fact-based, analytical study of religious history, but these people just want indoctrination.
I'm not even against religious studies classes, in the sense of fact-based, analytical study of religious history, but these people just want indoctrination.
It's a terrible idea to replace qualified mental health professionals who deal with children every day, with untrained, uncertified, unqualified, weird old men whose motivations in being alone in offices with children in a secular setting, are at best to pollute their minds with Christian orthodoxy that is already inappropriate and unconstitutional in the setting. And that's if we're already assuming the best of them and looking right past the endless molestation scandals by clergymen, and paying no mind to the fact that they are in a school being put in close contact with children who are vulnerable.
BTW if either of these bills passes, I'm fucking quitting my job and moving out of this shitty state forever.
They very well know it won't go anywhere, they just want to play up their 'anti-woke' bonafides to their base.
"See? The liberal ACLU is trying to force you to accept the woke agenda! Vote for us if you want to stay free of the leftist menace."
They can talk about adultery as long as it is between a mommy and daddy as God intended.
Christ, this is a disaster waiting to happen. A lot of at risk kids (Especially LGBT ones) get support from guidance and mental health figures in school, and replacing them with pastors who will almost certainly fill their heads with "But it's wrong!" garbage is potentially going to end in the self-harm and even deaths of children.
To say this has the potential to be nefarious is an understatement.
Pastors aren't mental health professionals either. It's so wacked. American anti intellectualism is so pervasive.
