Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law Signals a Broader Christian Agenda

[fncceo]

what a great Christian ...let the kids starve

Actually, that would be their parents letting them starve.

 

[initforme]

This nonsense about the ten commandments is predicated on the false, dishonest, wrongheaded notion that exposing children and young adults to religious dogma will somehow ‘prevent’ teen pregnancy, drug abuse, and other social ills.

What’s particularly reprehensible is that the state wastes time and resources on this nonsense while refusing to take constructive action to improve public education – Louisiana will remain among the worst states in the country concerning public education, with far too many of its residents ignorant, poorly educated, and incapable of self-sufficiency.

Posting the commandments isn't going to change anything behavior wise. Kids will walk past it like every other poster. Like saying the pledge every day, it loses its shine to kids and becomes nothing but redundant.

 

[Curried Goats]

As a Christian I don't have a dog in this issue. I'm wondering if a teacher teaching these is subject to reprimand or suspension though. Where is the line crossed?

The line is where instead of teaching about various religions you start promoting one of them.

 

[fncceo]

The state version is godless but is religion nonetheless.

The collective state elevates "the masses" to a deity ... and that deity demands sacrifice.

 

[initforme]

The line is where instead of teaching about various religions you start promoting one of them.

I don't see the point of teaching about any religions in the world. I guess maybe the boring drab historical aspects but that seems beyond irrelevant.

 

[initforme]

Quite the slippery slope this may be. Are they going to teach how being poor is more righteous than being wealthy?

 

[justoffal]

The collective state elevates "the masses" to a deity ... and that deity demands sacrife.

Well said

 

[CrusaderFrank]

‘Gov. Jeff Landry wants his state to be at the forefront of a national movement to advance legislation with a Christian worldview.

The crowd at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Lafayette, La., applauded Gov. Jeff Landry as he signed bill after bill this week on public education in the state, making it clear he believed God was guiding his hand.

One new law requires that transgender students be addressed by the pronouns for the gender on their birth certificates (“God gives us our mark,” he said). Another allows public schools to employ chaplains (“a great step for expanding faith in public schools”).

Then he signed into law a mandate that the Ten Commandments be hung in every public classroom, demonstrating a new willingness for Louisiana to go where other states have not. Last month, Louisiana also became the first state to classify abortion pills as dangerous controlled substances.

“We don’t quit,” Mr. Landry, a Republican, said at the signing ceremony.

Taken together, the measures have signaled the ambition of the governor and the Republican-led Legislature to be at the forefront of a growing national movement to create and interpret laws according to a particular conservative Christian worldview. And Mr. Landry, a Catholic who has been vocal about his faith’s influence in shaping his politics, wants to lead the charge.'

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Signals a Broader Christian Agenda

Gov. Jeff Landry wants his state to be at the forefront of a national movement to advance legislation with a Christian worldview.

www.nytimes.com

That agenda of course is one hostile to settled, accepted Establishment Clause jurisprudence and the Framers’ mandate that church and state remain separate.

And legal challenges will of course be futile, with cases ultimately coming before a Supreme Court dominated by conservative ideologues likewise hostile to settled, accepted Establishment Clause jurisprudence and the Framers’ mandate that church and state remain separate.

Instead of Che, you'll be required to have posters of Jesus in your dorm

 

[strollingbones]

Actually, that would be their parents letting them starve.

o that's right y'all are all pro life till they are born then its let them starve...sorry I forget what pos the gop is

 

[strollingbones]

The collective state elevates "the masses" to a deity ... and that deity demands sacrifice.

a good description of trump

 

[Auld Phart]

\\then why do we have this saying...no greater hate than christian love?

WHO has that saying?

 

[Curried Goats]

I don't see the point of teaching about any religions in the world. I guess maybe the boring drab historical aspects but that seems beyond irrelevant.

History seems irrelevant to you for educational purposes?


Ok.

 

[initforme]

History seems irrelevant to you for educational purposes?


Ok.

It's boring and antiquated but in some sense necessary.

 

[Curried Goats]

It's boring and antiquated but in some sense necessary.

Sure.

 

[JohnDB]

‘Gov. Jeff Landry wants his state to be at the forefront of a national movement to advance legislation with a Christian worldview.

The crowd at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Lafayette, La., applauded Gov. Jeff Landry as he signed bill after bill this week on public education in the state, making it clear he believed God was guiding his hand.

One new law requires that transgender students be addressed by the pronouns for the gender on their birth certificates (“God gives us our mark,” he said). Another allows public schools to employ chaplains (“a great step for expanding faith in public schools”).

Then he signed into law a mandate that the Ten Commandments be hung in every public classroom, demonstrating a new willingness for Louisiana to go where other states have not. Last month, Louisiana also became the first state to classify abortion pills as dangerous controlled substances.

“We don’t quit,” Mr. Landry, a Republican, said at the signing ceremony.

Taken together, the measures have signaled the ambition of the governor and the Republican-led Legislature to be at the forefront of a growing national movement to create and interpret laws according to a particular conservative Christian worldview. And Mr. Landry, a Catholic who has been vocal about his faith’s influence in shaping his politics, wants to lead the charge.'

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Signals a Broader Christian Agenda

Gov. Jeff Landry wants his state to be at the forefront of a national movement to advance legislation with a Christian worldview.

www.nytimes.com

That agenda of course is one hostile to settled, accepted Establishment Clause jurisprudence and the Framers’ mandate that church and state remain separate.

And legal challenges will of course be futile, with cases ultimately coming before a Supreme Court dominated by conservative ideologues likewise hostile to settled, accepted Establishment Clause jurisprudence and the Framers’ mandate that church and state remain separate.

Ummmm.....
America is Christian Nation founded by Christians for Christians who gained independence from another nation that is another Christian Nation. The King is the "pope" of the Church of England.

Where Christians tend to extend grace (unmerited favor) to those who do not profess Christ....it is not a requisite behavior especially to those who are hostile to Christians. It's encouraged....but not required.

Prejudice towards those who are not believers is extremely common. The Christian faith and message is going to be insulting to non-believers unapologetically.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Christianity believes in peace, love and tranquility. Being kind is expected. Still, Democrats are afraid and disgusted by Christianity. It just seems like Democrats are wasting far too much time fighting against good, or like Warren Zevon said, "What's so funny about peace love and understanding"? Back to the sanity of MAGA.

Which is why Christian countries have the HIGHEST murder rates. Go Christians and you peace and loving.

 

[LeftofLeft]

It never ceases to amaze me how liberals lose their shit over the posting of the 10 Commandments as a threat or sign of intolerance yet these same people stand on the side of people that believe sharia law has a place in the United States.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

this is the same gov who denied federal funds to feed kids

Louisiana refusing cash from new federal program that helps feed poor families

Louisiana won't participate in a new federal program that offers food to poor families at reduced prices, the state Department of Children and Family Services confirmed on Friday — an

www.nola.com

what a great Christian ...let the kids starve

We have the most obese children in the world. Our starving children suffer very high rates of obesity related diabetes and heart disease. They could only benefit from missing a meal or two.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Which is why Christian countries have the HIGHEST murder rates. Go Christians and you peace and loving.

Islam has way higher religious death rates. It's not murder because these deaths are religiously mandated.

An ideal example of Islamic peace is burning a tourist alive over blasphemy. Local tourist killed in Pakistan’s Swat over blasphemy allegations

When tourists are killed in the US, it's because of a much more understandable random act of violence by a black or Hispanic.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Islam has way higher religious death rates. It's not murder because these deaths are religiously mandated.

An ideal example of Islamic peace is burning a tourist alive over blasphemy. Local tourist killed in Pakistan’s Swat over blasphemy allegations

When tourists are killed in the US, it's because of a much more understandable random act of violence by a black or Hispanic.

Are you saying the US doesn't have executions?

And the numbers killed in Pakistan for Blasphemy are probably much lower than one of the big city's murder rates in the US. You hear about every one in Pakistan, once in a while, in the US you only hear about the mass killings these days.