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Louisiana becomes 1st state to require the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms (www.nola.com)

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 166 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (12 children)

“The purpose is not solely religious,” Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, told the Senate. Rather, it is the Ten Commandments' "historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system.”

Only two of them are actually law: Thou shalt not murder and thou shalt not steal.

This is all about religion, and they're going to get away with it. We'd be better off if our legal codes were based on the seven tenets instead.

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

we make exceptions for even the murdering and stealing.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

All the time, and especially for cops. (It's called 'qualified immunity' and 'civil forfeiture' instead of murdering and stealing, but it's the same thing.)

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