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Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday. 

The GOP-drafted legislation mandates that a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” be required in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities. Although the bill did not receive final approval from Landry, the time for gubernatorial action — to sign or veto the bill — has lapsed. 

Opponents question the law’s constitutionality, warning that lawsuits are likely to follow. Proponents say the purpose of the measure is not solely religious, but that it has historical significance. In the law’s language, the Ten Commandments are described as “foundational documents of our state and national government.

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah does the law specify which ones? Many christian sects have slightly different wording and ordering.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 2 years ago
  1. Ice cream is tasty, but don't overdo it.
  2. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
  3. Be nice.
  4. Like for real, stop being an asshole.
  5. Greed is for Ferengi, don't overdo it.
  6. Dogs are great friends. Go pet one immediately.
  7. Be careful when petting a cat's belly. It could be a trap.
  8. Be careful when your girl says 'it's fine'. It's not. Buy chocolate.
  9. Eight commandments are enough, ten are a lot of effort
  10. But really, be nice.
[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The actual 10 commandments:

11 Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 12 Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a] 14 Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

15 “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. 16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.

17 “Do not make any idols.

18 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.

19 “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.

22 “Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.[b] 23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. 24 I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.

25 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.

26 “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's wild that this list of obvious control mechanisms to empower the clergy ends with

"But seriously, don't cook a goat in its mother's milk. That's just fucked up and cruel."

I have to assume it was some weirdly specific ritual meal they were banning.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean who hasn't been served a bad dish of incestuous goat soup?

title of your sex tape.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

And even the KJV edits did not manage to paper over the fact that there are in fact 18 if you count Sky Daddy's recitation/rant in Exodus after the whole golden calf incident.