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Majority rule über alles, you christofascist fuckwad Landry eh? Fine, staying consistent we will be abolishing the electoral college for this year's presidential voting (and for all time!) too bad so sad. GTFOH with that shite, shitehed!

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I think it should be posted next to the list of 14 early signs of fascism. Religion and government intertwined is #8 on the list. Perhaps they could draw an arrow on that one pointing to the 10 Commandments next to it.

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Ta, Robyn. Freedom of religion must include freedom from religion. When it does not, it's not just incomplete freedom and hypocrisy, but unconstitutional as well.

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I would assume that Louisiana has a fairly large Roman Catholic population, for historical reasons. I can't see them being too happy with the King James version of the commandments put up in Catholic schools. Spitting in the eye of a group who would otherwise be fairly likely to support you does not strike me as smart politics.

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As I understand it, it isn't even the KJV; it's a movie version that appears in no version of the Old Testament.

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Mike Johnson has said he has been chosen to be the next Moses.

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It's giving Sovereign Citizen vibes.

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I like the Satanic Temple's Seven Principles better than the Ten Commandments.

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𝖧𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽: 𝖠𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈, 𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗂­𝗀𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗁𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗅 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗉𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽, 𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖦𝗈𝖽— 𝖦𝗈𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒—𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖳𝖾𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗉, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗇𝗈 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽.

𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀: 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇' 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇' 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗉, 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝖾𝗇? 𝖶𝗁𝗒 𝗍𝖾𝗇? 𝖶𝗁𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗇𝗂𝗇𝖾, 𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇? 𝖨'𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗁𝗒. 𝖡𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍. 𝖳𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇, 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗅𝗒. 𝖯𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗒, "𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇' 𝗆𝖾? 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖤𝗅𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌? 𝖦𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗍𝖺 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾!"

𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗇! 𝖳𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍. 𝖳𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆; 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖺 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝖺𝖽𝖾. 𝖨𝗍'𝗌 𝖺 𝗉𝗌𝗒𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗌𝖿𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗎𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋: 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗍𝖾𝗇; 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽; 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍-𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽. 𝖲𝗈 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝖳𝖾𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗈𝖻𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗅𝗒 𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍. 𝖨𝗇 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗍𝗁, 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖺 𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖼; 𝖽𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋.

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If we had 12 fingers instead of ten, it would have been the Twelve Commandments and all the rest of the twelve best, twelve most, etc.

One of the "worst" things one can say in Spanish is "I shit on God." Since one cannot say that without sounding blasphemous, people substitute diez (ten) for dios (god) and say, "I shit on Ten." Just thought you'd like to know that DT.

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Louisiana is a mess. Back in 2005 I had to visit the St. Tammany Parish courthouse to get copies of documents so I could submit an application to the "Road Home" program that reimbursed Hurricane Katrina homeowners for the loss of their homes. To do so I had to go into a county employee's private office, and her office and desktop were covered with fundamentalist Christian propaganda. This is illegal, even in Louisiana. I knew better than to complain, however, because "Louisiana." At the same time the ACLU, on behalf of the parents of a young boy who was Hindu, were suing the state educational system for forcing their son to listen to daily Christian propaganda in the public schools. I never heard how that suit ended.

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Interesting that the bust of Moses has horns. But passing over that, I’m surprised that while listing “Ten Best” lists, they omitted Dave Letterman. “Tonight’s Top Ten Ways to establish a State religion”.

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Just like my Atheist and Pagan grandparents, think that it is a good idea for kids to learn about religion and ethics. If that is REALLY the Governor's thought (it isn't) he should have posters with all sorts of religions' tenets up in classes. And yes, let's discuss ETHICS. You could even use the Bible/Torah to talk about the MOST REPEATED COMMANDMENTS: welcoming/loving/not oppressing the stranger" (46 times), loving your neighbor "as yourself" (and its variants), caring for the poor, widows, and orphans.

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“I think we’ve forgotten in this country that democracy actually means majority rule,” -but see abortion, any kind of gun regulation and some mild ethics rules for the supreme court in which case you must suck it.

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WTF is this? They think they can win with Schrodinger's 10 Commandments?

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Landry is among those unfortunate Christians who find themselves unable to do as Scripture adjures, and write the Commandments on their hearts. Because he is unable to do that, he assumes everyone else is also unable, especially those who do not share his beliefs (including Jews, ironically), so everyone should have a Giant Cheat Sheet and be converted by the sword, so to speak - something the person he pretends to worship (Jesus of Nazareth) never said to do.

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I have a distinct feeling that LMM would NOT be down with this.

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This is hilarious: the RBG quote is from a school paper she wrote when she was 13. I hope her heirs insist that if these buttholes want to use the quote then they need to use a picture of her when she was 13.

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