Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation's largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday that he signed the bill, which is expected to draw a legal challenge from critics who consider it an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state.

A similar law in Louisiana was blocked when a federal appeals court ruled Friday that it was unconstitutional. Arkansas also has a similar law that has been challenged in federal court.

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[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

There are Seven Fundamental Tenets

I- One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

II- The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

III- One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

IV- The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.

V- Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.

VI- People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

VII- Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What does this have to do with forcing the ten commandments in to classrooms?

[–] teft@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those are the tenets of the Satanic Temple. They’re known for fighting against this type of religious overreach.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah they'll be all over this.