Louisiana Gov Signs Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Every Public School

Louisiana doing a deplorable shithole speedrun now with John Bel Edwards gone.

They claim to be Christians, but they never post any of Jesus’ teachings. Like the Beatitudes.

Wonder why?

And how many of these commandments do the so-called Christians and religious people violate each day?

I wonder how the Supreme Court will rule when it makes it's way there. That's why they are doing this. They think the court will rule in their favor now and they're probably not wrong. It's clearly unconstitutional but that doesn't seem to matter these days.

^ All of them and that's why they're being posted. These are the rules for other people, but not for us

They have bigger problems they should be focusing on…

^Yeah, the one about keeping the Sabbath holy is inconvenient.

What will the Christian fraus do after church if the stores and malls are closed?

Are they going to enforce them? Or just hang them there?

R3 an excellent point.

We live in deeply troubling times where the devil leads. We need more religion, less liberalism, more god not less god, we need more prayer and more marriage, and doing away with porn, and stop killing those babies,

There are actually 316 commandments, but they'd have to read the Bible to know that.

And 613 commandments with other religions.

^ You mean 15... er, 10 Commandments

r7 I spent last summer in Germany. Religion aside, it was actually kind of nice to have one day a week sans retail.

R5 and R6 when you use a caret (^) to respond it's sometimes unclear what you're responding to because of timing. Try to follow conventional DL convention and use the quote feature or R_.

This isn't reddit.

[quote]This isn't reddit.

Thankfully.

Oops, that's what I meant r11.

Will adultery become a capital crime?

Only for women

Only for women and bottoms.

R18

R16 I kind of guessed that

This should work out well for them.

I was raised Christian and always told that Christians are to live by the New Testament (the one written after Jesus was born you know?). The Ten Commandments are in the Old Testament so they aren’t really connected to Christianity.

r22:

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

R23 and I can’t think of any so called Christians who love anyone as much as themselves. They are the quickest to judge, name call and condemn.

Exactly, r24. See:

The founding fathers are turning over in their graves. These people have no understanding of history.

Just another step closer to Dominionism.

R26 the doing away with slavery part or just the religion stuff they would not understand?

Congratulations neighbor. For years, we ranked last on the Index of Sane U.S. States, but with the passing of this law, we're movin' on up!

I wonder how they feel about school lunches.🤔

"And how many of these commandments do the so-called Christians and religious people violate each day?"

They'd all tell you that the fact they don't follow all of them every day is the exact reason why they need to be visible and encouraged every day. There's no "gotcha" with these people; they'll always spin it as needed. Like anti-abortion fanatics who have had abortions - "I've seen the horror and what a mistake it was. Choosing only led to misery."

For low income kids.

“Louisiana ranked as the worst state in US, report shows”

I wonder if Alabama and Mississippi are wrought with jealousy. Those two shit hole states must be number two and three on the list.

Hold our beers!

Not even Texas and Florida would sink this low.

Not as big of a deal as it sounds. Louisiana has the fifth lowest literacy rate in the country. Only 72.9% will have any idea of what is hanging on the classroom wall.

Cant they go back to being a bunch of loveable drunks?

What are you actually saying R9?

lol R36

This is so fucking wild.

Like, this is some wild shit going on.

What country is this?

What ever happened to the separation of Church and State? It's on of the tenets our country was founded on.

This isn’t a democracy, it’s a REPUBLIC

[quote]What ever happened to the separation of Church and State? It's on of the tenets our country was founded on.

What happened is the Supreme Court is full of Bible-thumping right wingers.

R41 Theocrats don't give a damn about the constitution, laws, or separation of church and state. They'll do whatever is necessary to slowly but surely turn the country into a Christian version of Iran, starting with the low hanging fruit aka, the deep south.

[quote]Only for women.

YOU get a scarlet "A"! And YOU get a scarlet "A"! And YOU get a scarlet "A"!

Will they also teach the children to make friends with prostitutes and other undesirables, and that it’s harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle?

R22, that's such bullshit that Christian's always spout to excuse not following commandments. Their entire faith is based on sacrifice to propitiate Original Sin which is exclusively Old Testament. Also, Jesus himself said the Old Testament commandments weren't going anywhere.

From Matthew 5 (Sermon on the Mount) 17"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

These idiots have been trying to force prayer in schools and on public buildings forever. They never stop.

I know people are triggered by the religious origin, but reminding students not to kill, steal, lie, covet, or commit adultery are good things.

Didn't those religious assholes in Montgomery Alabama try this shit about 20 years ago when they installed the ten commandments in the state courthouse and subsequently ordered by the top state court to remove it??

How about not having graven images, R49? Just as good?

[quote] I know people are triggered by the religious origin, but reminding students not to kill, steal, lie, covet, or commit adultery are good things.

You actually believe that you’re a Christian, don’t you?

This is a good start but each child needs to be armed with a semiautomatic rifle.

Will they post the Catholic version? Or the Jewish/Protestant version?

𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 (abbreviated):

𝟏. I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me.

𝟐. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.

𝟑. Remember to keep holy the LORD'S Day.

𝟒. Honor your father and your mother.

𝟓. You shall not kill.

𝟔. You shall not commit adultery.

𝟕. You shall not steal.

𝟖. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

𝟗. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.

𝟏𝟎. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

~

𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 / 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 (abbreviated):

𝟏. I am the LORD your God. You shall have no other gods before me.

𝟐. You shall not make any graven image.

𝟑. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.

𝟒. Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.

𝟓. Honor your father and your mother.

𝟔. You shall not murder.

𝟕. You shall not commit adultery.

𝟖. You shall not steal.

𝟗. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

𝟏𝟎. You shall not covet.

R54, the devil is in the details and clearly Louisiana has not thought about the devil, juts the Lord.

Is it too late to give them back to France?

So what happens if you break the commandments? You go to a hell you may not believe in? I’ve been working in schools for 24 years and there isn’t much in the way of consequences for anything anymore

Weird that Republicans are so big on the 10 Commandments but they rally around Trump, who has broken most of them

Too bad the Ten Commandments don’t include anything about dick pics or making AI porn of classmates

I went to a roman catholic school and this is crazy.

We truly need people in our government who understand how it actually works. You can't just make up laws that go against the Constitution. How stupid are these people?

R61, if this goes to the Supreme Court they can just bribe Uncle Thomas to rule in their favor

Exactly. The Constitution never meant much.

Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.

This is a great idea. Let's shut down all work activity. No malls, no grocery stores, no gas stations, no bars and restaurants, no delivery services, no tourist attractions....

New Orleans is shut down every Sunday. That is in keeping with the Ten Commandments.

We got through it in earlier times. We had blue laws; everyone knew what they were. You worked your life around them. God forbid you should miss a day to spend money.

r54 I would like the Datalounge version.

1. Thou shalt not drain thy pasta.

2. Thou shalt always pre-lube.

3. Thou shalt not post duplicate threads.

4. Thou shalt not take Muriel's name in vain.

5. Thou shalt remember to keep Sunday brunch time holy.

6. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's ass, unless it's young, perky and irresistible.

7. Thou shalt not wear white after Labor Day.

8. Thou shalt keep the Yuletide gay, gay, GAY!

9. Thou shalt honor thy eldergays and thy divas.

10. Thou shalt graciously share any good gossip with thy Datalounge brethren.

Thank you for asking the most pointless question of the thread so you could announce your awareness of the difference, r54.

[quote]I was raised Christian and always told that Christians are to live by the New Testament (the one written after Jesus was born you know?). The Ten Commandments are in the Old Testament so they aren’t really connected to Christianity.

Odd take, as Jesus said he came to fulfill the Law, not abolish it. Most Christians are expected to obey the Big 10, and pull a lot of their rules about homosexuality, adultery, etc. from the Old Testament.

^I'm not saying I believe any of that or disagree with your point, I'm just surprised, because we had a lot of sermons from the Old Testament when I was in the Christ cult, and batshit Evangelicals love to pull verses from it to justify their hate.

[quote] How about not having graven images, [R49]? Just as good?

Yes. I would think that DLers would be against graven images.

The ACLU is on the case

This will help all the school-age children to not commit adultery.

Surely donald will abolish the first and second Commandments on the first day of his dictatorship:

[quote]I alone can fix it.

How long before he is selling life-size copies of the infamous golden donald statue presented at CPAC last year and demanding they be displayed publicly?

Lord, have mercy. Please.

As more of these religious issues are taking place in the US in the past couple of years - I think more and more about The Handmaid's Tale and Gilead.

R73 that is what is scary. This is exactly like the Handmaids Tale. That story started like this where small changes started to happen around the country before the civil war/ theocratic takeover.

[quote]That story started like this where small changes started to happen around the country before the civil war/ theocratic takeover.

Exactly R74. Small incremental changes and restrictions over time built up to the establishment of Gilead. Seems like an outrageous thing to think about but we're edging closer and closer to Gilead. If Dump gets elected, everything will edge even closer towards Gilead - especially if Dump gets to install 2 new SCOTUS Judges.

I know sitting in grade school some of you were singing the praises of democracy and thinking some day you would be a man of the common people a populist.

Well this is democracy in action and it’s being pushed for and by religious populists.

This is the most important factor that everyone needs to understand.

The governor is thrilled to get sued so he can get THIS enshrined into federal law by the Supreme Court...nothing else matters.

^^^

[quote] That's what Louisiana is doing here. Imposing its version of religious truth on kids in public schools. It's gross.

[quote] Among all of the different interpretations and versions and bibles and sects, Louisiana chose the KJV commandments in Exodus 20 commandments—AND EDITS THEM.

[...]

[quote] Gone are the bits about a “jealous God” punishing “children unto the third and fourth generation” for exercising their religious freedom.

[quote] Let me put it more bluntly: Louisiana *REWROTE THE BIBLE*. We’re talking about state-sanctioned holy writ. This ought to enrage everyone.

[quote] If the state can rewrite one religion’s holy book, it can rewrite yours. Louisiana does not have this power. Nor does it have the power to impose that religious edict on a captive audience of your children.

It seems like they should post the commandments but add “except for Donald Trump” in parenthesis after each one.

With which commandment do I get a hurricane in a go cup at Bourbon pub then a blowjob at Phoenix?

The US is not a Christian theocracy and separation of church and state a founding principle of the nation. These are rough times for the US.

Gee -- ya think?

And if this does get to the SCourt , you can thank everyone who refused to vote for Clinton, those who voted Green, those who voted GOP, for the SCourt results.

Because it was these people that will have made it all possible. Don’t blame those who took democracy seriously and voted for Trump because they supported Trump, the villains are those who wasted their vote or chance to vote . Many of whom will do the same thing this time. Fuck them.

More typical hypocrisy from the Christian Right. They foam at the mouth at any mention of gun control because “2nd Amendment!” Yet are totally willing to violate this amendment.

How are they violating the 2nd amendment?

Another grandiose display of MAGAt's/Republican Party's fake religious piety and even faker patriotism.

Thank the Creator there's nothing mentioned in the Ten Commandments about molesting little kids, so I can continue with my favorite activity without offending my precious Lord! -- said every preacher, youth group to leader, and Donald J Trump

Hang them upside down.

Louisiana is now and will remain at the very bottom of the states as far as just about every metric.

It's still basically a shithole.

Bullshit

[quote] Louisiana is now and will remain at the very bottom of the states as far as just about every metric.

It will take time to see if this improves anything.

Has the 'tard falling backwards off the steps while the governor was talking been mentioned? Totally upstaged his little moment.

[quote]It will take time to see if this improves anything.

Absurd. How could you possibly tell if this "improves" anything? What do you mean by improvement? How will you measure if children honor their parents more, or don't covet as much? Dumb dumb dumb.

R91 is one of those fake Xtians who think the 10 Commandments are a magic wand you can wave over people to make them behave.

R93, you could look at each commandment category, but if there is improvement, I assume it would largely be determined by whether or not students in general become better people, better citizens. That’s a good thing to hope for.

[quote]R66: Thank you for asking the most pointless question of the thread so you could announce your awareness of the difference, [R54].

It also serves the purpose of actually listing the commandments as a handy reference for those who are less than familiar with them.

But this from the sock account that called Rachel Maddow a "poor young man" and "a boy named Sue" in Reply 31 of that thread.

I ask you again, what do you mean by improvement? And how would you tell it was because some kindergartner now had to ask "What is adultery?"

Mmm. "Improvement" implies an investment in the standards the commandments promote.

Religious people are mentally ill.

[quote] How are they violating the 2nd amendment?

They kill, and purposefully enable and encourage killing. "Stand your ground" laws are in direct violation of the Ten Commandments.

[quote]They kill, and purposefully enable and encourage killing. "Stand your ground" laws are in direct violation of the Ten Commandments.

Only if someone breaks the "Thou shall not steal" or "Though shall not covet thy neighbor's ass" commandment.

r91 is also:

*Trump can't win*

[quote][quote]Trump shouldn't even be an option.

[quote]If people hadn't been greedy by charging him with things after he left office, he may have stayed home and endorsed someone else. Don't poke the bear.

[quote][quote] The campaigns for 2026 and 2028 will begin on Nov. 6th. That's all the voracious 24/7 news media has to talk about.

[quote]Also, the people who are literally obsessed with Trump and his entire family didn’t slow down a bit on DL after Trump left office. If Trump loses, that kind of obsession won’t end. Trump is all they will think about, not until Trump dies, but until they die. They are really damaged people.

I have reason to believe the GOP. presidential candidate is breaking several of those Commandments. Who do I report him to?

Trump has violated ALL TEN of the commandments - and yet they're still gonna vote for him.

[quote]Trump has violated ALL TEN of the commandments - and yet they're still gonna vote for him.

Just the 18 year-olds will be able to vote this election, but if they were made aware of the Ten Commandments, maybe they wouldn't vote for him.

[quote] The ACLU is on the case

The ACLU isn’t the ACLU of 15 years ago. They no longer believe in freedom of speech. It’s all about trannies and pronouns and they’re headed up by idiots who can’t get their shit together to win cases. I wouldn’t put faith in them actually doing anything about this.

Just think how many wars, the deaths from aids, abuse , std s, killings, and disrespect of parents could have been avoided if these 10 had always been posted in schools, in subways, on billboards and people had listened..

Sin is not healthy it’s never been healthy.. it’s never going to be.

I can't tell if R107 is a performance artist or not.

The little cunt who wrote the bill has a simple message to the non-believers: Don't Look at It, Sinners!

Another GOP whore. How many men is she fucking?

R110 R112 Their motto is basically, My way or the highway.

Mommy, what’s “adultery?”

R113 unlike us enlightened ones who have no problems accepting others right to having opinions much different than our own.

It’s not hard to give a close enough explanation of adultery to a child without being sexually explicit.

R110, these people are hilarious

I wonder how they'd feel if the government mandated putting Muslim prayers up on the wall at schools. I don't think they're response would be "don't look at it"

Unpopular opinion but I don’t think in general it would hurt to teach children that somethings like murder are wrong. I’m for exposing them to rules that help society be better.

A Muslim prayer for death to America or for the death of Jews would fail for a reason other than religion.

That's it, folks - school shootings solved! The shooter will just walk in, see "Thou shalt not kill" and go "Ohhhh! Nevermind."

Gov. Landry turned down millions from the Biden administration to feed hungry kids

Very Christian of him

According to wiki, the Quran has a similar set with an interesting variation.

“You shall not kill/murder” becomes “ Do not kill your children for fear of poverty” and “Do not take a life except justly”

Words of wisdom, R122!

Judging by their obesity rate, gluttony is ok.

R124 God meant gluttony of GAY SEX. It’s in the Trump revised edition of the Old Testament.

R118, do you seriously think children aren't taught it's wrong to kill?

Looziana is doing themselves no favors.

[quote] That's it, folks - school shootings solved! The shooter will just walk in, see "Thou shalt not kill" and go "Ohhhh! Nevermind."

You know this is to help guide the students in the class, not a stranger who has broken into it.

How does anyone still think Books of religion were some god or allah telling a bunch of men to write something down? A burning tree and stone tablets?????

It's one of the most ridiculous conspiracies ever, ever propagated. Spread THAT word.

[quote] do you seriously think children aren't taught it's wrong to kill?

Are there people who attended Louisiana schools who later committed murder? There’s your answer.

[quote]You know this is to help guide the students in the class..

We need to talk about the adultery part, then. Is it for the future child brides of Louisiana?

Les hope these jokes sound as funny after November.

All these cases will head to the SCOTUS and they'll bundle them together and grant religious freedom to U.S. Americans.

All these cases will head to the SCOTUS and they'll bundle them together and grant religious freedom to U.S. Americans.

How about religious freedom to those of us who aren't religious?

[quote]Are there people who attended Louisiana schools who later committed murder? There’s your answer.

Now I know you're trolling.

How is denying healthcare to people based on personal beliefs “freedom”, R134? Will “freedom” to deny healthcare to certain people be extended to Muslims, Buddhists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and atheists?

Lousyana gets the dubious title of Worst State in the Union.

cut 'n paste, since Datalounge won't let us link to U.S. News & World Report:

I have no doubt a person of another religion will tear one down.

Why would anyone need the commandments posted in writing to suddenly realize murder is wrong? The defenders on this thread are bizarre

[quote] Why would anyone need the commandments posted in writing to suddenly realize murder is wrong?

Xtians can’t think for themselves. They can only do what the Sky Dom tells them to do.

Fortunately for them, their Sky Dom gives them a “Get Out of Hell Free” card, so the rules don’t really apply to them anyway.

Louisiana has always been a shithole, and always will be a shithole.

By any metric, Louisiana ranks at or near the bottom: education, public health, income. Except for crime, where Louisiana ranks near the top.

"The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country — and we haven't seen them since."

R143 definitely not in the government anyway

Backwards shithole state.

A Texas secessionist claims he’s working with a new secession movement in Louisiana and Florida.

[QUOTE]Miller told Newsweek, "Florida and Louisiana are newer [independence movements] but are already expressing political and legal resistance to federal overreach. Given the federal government's complete lack of a spirit of reform, if the gulf between their voters and federal policy continues to grow, their push to exit could accelerate greatly."

[QUOTE] The Florida and Louisiana secessionist movements Miller referenced are apparently much newer and Newsweek could find little information about either online. A YouGov survey published earlier this year found 24 percent of people in Florida, and 23 percent in Louisiana, would support their state leaving the U.S. and becoming a fully independent country.

[quote]Why would anyone need the commandments posted in writing to suddenly realize murder is wrong? The defenders on this thread are bizarre

The defenders are being disingenuous. It’s not about teaching basic morals (don’t murder, steal, etc.) which obviously are taught to most children by their parents. It’s about imposing evangelical Christianity upon kids in public schools, and eventually in all public spaces.

It's funny that there are successionist movements in Louisiana and Florida. Since it's hurricane season, let's watch how much federal money they suck up for disaster relief in the next few months.

Exactly, r149.

[quote]The legislation that Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law on Wednesday requires a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities.

I bet the “large, easily readable font” is Comic Sans, which apparently has the power to give literacy to some of the most illiterate kids in the nation.

What will the penalty be if someone uses a font not considered "large and easily-readable" to display the commandments? Arrest? Stoning? Flogging?

The first commandment really should be “Thou shalt NOT use Comic Sans.”

I assume there will be a Texas Ten Commandments Poster Depository in Dallas.

The actual version written into the law, if anyone’s curious:

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

I AM the LORD thy God.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven images.

Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Thou shalt not steal.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Maybe it'll do some good.

Yes, maybe it will help wake people up to the dangers of Christian Nationalism.

R157 If women and girls being denied abortions from the day of conception hasn’t woken up people to the dangers of Christian Nationalism, I doubt that making the Ten Commandments mandatory in public schools will.

Kids need to learn not to covet other people’s stuff. They should be taught to earn money and buy their own stuff.

I agree 100%, R159. I buy my own manservants, and if they were stolen from me, I’d kill the thief because he broke the commandments, which would make it a justified killing!

[quote] That's what'll happen when Jesus takes the wheel. No one's driving.

Tennessee...but, yeah, basically the same...