cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31045336
By Hannah Feuer May 30, 2025
"Rosenthal introduced an amendment that would have required public schools to display the Jewish and Catholic versions of the Ten Commandments, in addition to the Protestant version, which all have slightly different wording. The amendment’s failure to pass, he argued, showed the hypocrisy of the bill’s supporters.
“The fact that they will argue it’s only about values and not about religion, I think it’s a pretty disingenuous talking point,” he said. “The whole thrust of this, I think, is to get a case in front of a newly formed Supreme Court.” The U.S. Supreme Court has had a 6-3 conservative majority since 2020."
They are not bad rules to live by, maybe the guys in charge should start following them as a test run to start with before they impose them on the “peasants”.
Rules for thee, not for me
The billionaire and ruling caste needs not follow for they are ascended beings who know what is best
some of them are pretty reasonable, but others are just outdated, even from a pragmatic “rules for society” sense.
Murder, theft and perjury? Bad, shouldn’t do 'em. Adultery? Super shitty, no argument. Not sure it’s in the same order as murder, or even petty theft.
Coveting, or more modernly called “embracing feelings of strong envy”? Isn’t that just saying not to do the thing that causes stealing sometimes? It’s not really a societal thing, just a life tip.
Honor your parents? Maybe, but some people have really shitty ones, so being sent to hell for not obeying your abusive Dad is actively cruddy. I’ll charitably accept it as “care for the elderly”.That’s something like 50% that I’d call good rules. Most of the rest are just “God says to like God”.
Adultery, in my opinion would just fall under perjury as it amounts to breach of (the marriage) contract from a legal standpoint. That means the only significant rules are against lying, stealing, and illegally killing people. That’s just 30% of them.
They should really put up signs that simply say, “DON’T BE A DICK” Of course, if you put up that sign, conservatives would all get up in arms claiming that it’s a partizan political attack aimed at them because being a dick is a fundamental part of conservatism.
Those could be useful in case some tyrant takea over and says he’s your god now, like he’s some Egyptian pharaoh building gold statues to himself…it’s a declaration of independence for another age :D
…not that modern fanatics could ever reach that conclusion, they couldn’t spot satan even if it were telling them to vote for him to punish the unbelievers.
That first one is rather pesky for non believers.
just skip it, lol, it’s just a formality anyway. Or is it? 🤐
If Jesus is to be believed, it’s actually the only one that really matters. (“If you believe in me….”)
The first several are entirely related to worshipping Yahweh. It has no business being in public school, aside from maybe inside a history textbook.
The oligarchs behind our laws don’t really believe any of that. Religion is probably the most useful tool capitalism has.
My kids would get a “Get out of jail free” card for tossing that into the trash in their classroom.
You should reprimand them.
It’s probably made out of metal or paper. That should definitely be thrown into the appropriate recycling bin.
Anyone in protest of this bill, should it pass, should post the commandments in Farsi and see how that goes over with the facists.
Imagine existing in 2025 and still thinking Texas and freedom go hand in hand.
The amendment’s failure to pass, he argued, showed the hypocrisy of the bill’s supporters.
OH SHIT GOT EM
I think this is a good thing, because my religion will be allowed too.
https://www.spaghettimonster.org/
Rejoice! For His omnipotent noodly appendages boiled for your sins.
Ramen.
Braise Him Pho-ever, r’Amen!
so no four noble truths or seven tenets or eight fold path? Outright religious discrimination then.
Who the FUCK cares about the JEWS?
-The ADL!
Jon Rosenthal’s just about the last good liberal in Texas. The man’s a real people’s champion and a staunch fighter. Would that the Texas Ds had a hundred more candidates just like him.
