Oh, goodie! I was 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 wondering when the Fifth Circuit was going to take another giant steaming dump on the Constitution. Now I don't have to wonder anymore!
When conservatives scream about activist judges. They are actually saying "please don't actually pay attention to the 5th circuit. Or the patent troll friendly eastern district of Texas".
They love to lie, reinvent precedent and do things that should get them thrown in jail.
I say again, this shit is exhausting. I’m so tired of the god-botherers and their obsession with shoving their bullshit imaginary sky-daddy and magic book in our faces.
They’re big on posting the Ten Commandments in Texas. Not so great at following them...
This an attempt by Christian nationalists to force the state of Texas public school children to be indoctrinated in the Christian religion. They worked for DECADES to under fund public education to keep the population so dumb that they are easily swayed by the lies.
Christian Nationalists can't be happy living in a country that allows you to worship as you choose, they want to force everyone to follow their beliefs...
That's why I have a shirt that says: “This is our home, not your church“. This one 👇
If you have to force the religion you think is so great and wonderful on others, then maybe you should consider the fact that your religion is pretty shitty.
That never occurs to them. It's because WE are all such hardcore reprobates who have all but sold our souls to the devil so we could live our miserable, wicked lives wallowing in sin and debauchery.
"WHY do they have to make this so HAAAAARD for us? All we want to do is save their benighted souls from the fires of hell!!!!"
Another good news from CNN-- "Three new polls released Tuesday showed Trump’s approval rating in the mid-30s: 36% in a Reuters-Ipsos poll, 35% in a Strength in Numbers-Verasight poll and 33% an an AP-NORC poll. They follow an NBC News poll over the weekend that showed Trump hitting a new low of 37%."
And once again, it must be pointed out that those are most definitely NOT the Ten Commandments. The real set (meant ONLY for the Chosen People) are radically different.
Bottom line: Putting up 10C posters, monuments, etc. VIOLATES the 2nd Commandment.
That's such an easy way for the conservatives to handle it - they don't have to address it at all, they just don't vote to hear it.
Here's hoping Austin or another liberal part of the state starts putting up non-christian religious posters in classrooms, forcing the issue. That's basically the only way to stop them - to point out that if they make it legal for Christians to do this to others, others will do it to Christians.
Just to make it clear, it will stand in the 5th Circuit, nowhere else. However, the danger there is that it will serve as precedent for other circuits to consider. So either it will spread to significant parts of the country or at some point there will be a split in circuits, at which point SCOTUS would feel entirely justified in stepping in, even feeling obligated to.
Exactly what was thinking - how about every faith - Texas has a lot of folks from the Eastern part of the globe. My Protestant cousins are now Buddhist and Jewish plus a lot nicer than any Christians run into lately down here. And Hindu neighbors for close to three decades were best of the best.
So what will the"punishment"be when the adults in the school break one of those"commands",like when the principal is caught with a woman who isn't his wife?Or the kids hear their teachers gossiping about another teacher or a parent?
These people are so stupid.None of this is about"God",it's all about"control".
Will those posters protect schoolchildren in school shootings? YHVH himself does nothing to stop shooters from massacring innocents. Why would anyone in ther right minds expect a piece of paper to do so?
Too bad TX Democrats didn't think of that and try to amend the bill to require that all 10C posters be mounted on kevlar backing, so they'd actually be useful for something.
I presume there is still room for particular parents to sue the state or a school district for unconstitutionally exposing their non-evangelical-Christian children to a religion the family does not approve of. There's no reason the family couldn't insist on a special accommodation for its own particular religion. Maybe the district would have to set up a Commandment-free space, the Constitutional study area or some such.
I was celebrating Democrats winning the amendment in Virginia to add more Democratic seats in Congress, but this story about Texas is ruining my mood. I have the bad habit of focusing on whatever the worst political news is.
"They compared it to the Pledge of Allegiance—which is also religious, with its “one Nation, under God” line—to argue that students aren’t forced to say it."
Did they actually say the part about the Pledge being religious? You say they made the comparison but don't present it as a quote, so it's not clear.
Because if they did, I clearly recall a SCOTUS decision that said the Pledge was NOT religious and "under God" was a mere "civic exercise" which had at most a "tinge" of religion - which was why having to say it did not intrude on the rights of atheists.
In either event, I have to say I disagree on one point: The majority was not "delusional." That knew damn well what they were doing and they did it consciously and deliberately.
Oh, goodie! I was 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 wondering when the Fifth Circuit was going to take another giant steaming dump on the Constitution. Now I don't have to wonder anymore!
When conservatives scream about activist judges. They are actually saying "please don't actually pay attention to the 5th circuit. Or the patent troll friendly eastern district of Texas".
They love to lie, reinvent precedent and do things that should get them thrown in jail.
I say again, this shit is exhausting. I’m so tired of the god-botherers and their obsession with shoving their bullshit imaginary sky-daddy and magic book in our faces.
We're just not a serious country anymore.
They’re big on posting the Ten Commandments in Texas. Not so great at following them...
This an attempt by Christian nationalists to force the state of Texas public school children to be indoctrinated in the Christian religion. They worked for DECADES to under fund public education to keep the population so dumb that they are easily swayed by the lies.
Christian Nationalists can't be happy living in a country that allows you to worship as you choose, they want to force everyone to follow their beliefs...
That's why I have a shirt that says: “This is our home, not your church“. This one 👇
https://libtees.dashery.com/products/74215684-this-is-our-home-not-your-church-t-shirt
And I guaran-fucking-tee you not one single person has ever read those "Commandments" and said "Hmm, yes, I would like to join your religion."
If you have to force the religion you think is so great and wonderful on others, then maybe you should consider the fact that your religion is pretty shitty.
That never occurs to them. It's because WE are all such hardcore reprobates who have all but sold our souls to the devil so we could live our miserable, wicked lives wallowing in sin and debauchery.
"WHY do they have to make this so HAAAAARD for us? All we want to do is save their benighted souls from the fires of hell!!!!"
Ironically, the same people pushing this worship a man who has violated all ten of them.
OT: A bit of good news.
Virginia voters approve Democrats' redistricting plan, giving the party a midterm election boost
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/virginia-voters-approve-democrats-redistricting-plan-giving-party-midt-rcna340895
Another good news from CNN-- "Three new polls released Tuesday showed Trump’s approval rating in the mid-30s: 36% in a Reuters-Ipsos poll, 35% in a Strength in Numbers-Verasight poll and 33% an an AP-NORC poll. They follow an NBC News poll over the weekend that showed Trump hitting a new low of 37%."
Even better than polling would be his obituary.
YES!!!!!
And the MAGAts cry "FOUL" in 3...2...1....
Fuck 'em.
*𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴*
And once again, it must be pointed out that those are most definitely NOT the Ten Commandments. The real set (meant ONLY for the Chosen People) are radically different.
Bottom line: Putting up 10C posters, monuments, etc. VIOLATES the 2nd Commandment.
SCOTUS will deny cert, and it will stand.
That's such an easy way for the conservatives to handle it - they don't have to address it at all, they just don't vote to hear it.
Here's hoping Austin or another liberal part of the state starts putting up non-christian religious posters in classrooms, forcing the issue. That's basically the only way to stop them - to point out that if they make it legal for Christians to do this to others, others will do it to Christians.
Just to make it clear, it will stand in the 5th Circuit, nowhere else. However, the danger there is that it will serve as precedent for other circuits to consider. So either it will spread to significant parts of the country or at some point there will be a split in circuits, at which point SCOTUS would feel entirely justified in stepping in, even feeling obligated to.
But the Christo-fascists have all the power and money
And they've been planning this for a loooooooooooooong time.
Exactly what was thinking - how about every faith - Texas has a lot of folks from the Eastern part of the globe. My Protestant cousins are now Buddhist and Jewish plus a lot nicer than any Christians run into lately down here. And Hindu neighbors for close to three decades were best of the best.
The unconstitutionalism is bigger in Texas.
The unconstitutionalism is BIGGER THAN Texas.
Just like the old joke "and the outhouses because they need them to be."
So what will the"punishment"be when the adults in the school break one of those"commands",like when the principal is caught with a woman who isn't his wife?Or the kids hear their teachers gossiping about another teacher or a parent?
These people are so stupid.None of this is about"God",it's all about"control".
Don't Texass politicos all support a convicted felon and serial sexual predator who compared himself to Jesus?
Seems those 10C posters are being put up in the wrong places.
Will those posters protect schoolchildren in school shootings? YHVH himself does nothing to stop shooters from massacring innocents. Why would anyone in ther right minds expect a piece of paper to do so?
You notice they never do anything to fix that issue.
"It's too soon to talk about gun control legislation!" they bleat incessantly.
Too bad TX Democrats didn't think of that and try to amend the bill to require that all 10C posters be mounted on kevlar backing, so they'd actually be useful for something.
I presume there is still room for particular parents to sue the state or a school district for unconstitutionally exposing their non-evangelical-Christian children to a religion the family does not approve of. There's no reason the family couldn't insist on a special accommodation for its own particular religion. Maybe the district would have to set up a Commandment-free space, the Constitutional study area or some such.
I was celebrating Democrats winning the amendment in Virginia to add more Democratic seats in Congress, but this story about Texas is ruining my mood. I have the bad habit of focusing on whatever the worst political news is.
Yeah. Me, too, unfortunately.
Wait wait wait.
"They compared it to the Pledge of Allegiance—which is also religious, with its “one Nation, under God” line—to argue that students aren’t forced to say it."
Did they actually say the part about the Pledge being religious? You say they made the comparison but don't present it as a quote, so it's not clear.
Because if they did, I clearly recall a SCOTUS decision that said the Pledge was NOT religious and "under God" was a mere "civic exercise" which had at most a "tinge" of religion - which was why having to say it did not intrude on the rights of atheists.
In either event, I have to say I disagree on one point: The majority was not "delusional." That knew damn well what they were doing and they did it consciously and deliberately.
This was excruciating just to read about. The whole thing was set up to play out just like this all the way up to the corrupt SCOTUS.