Ken Paxton is as corrupt as they come, and always has been. The Texas Senate did not acquit Paxton on the charges that got him impeached because he was innocent. They circled the wagons and acquitted him because he's a Republican. This is more show-boating on Paxton's part. Performance art directed at the bottom-feeding Republican base so they can play the poor, persecuted victims of the godless left. The same people who would lose their minds at the mere suggestion any religion but their own be represented in the public school classrooms.
I am not sure what you are implying. But as a Republican, I looked at the evidence. He is white rich Christian and a male. How much more innocent can you get?
Posting the 10 C is a violation of the 2nd Commandment. And when are you going to get it in your thick skulls that the 10 C were meant for the Israelites alone?
Oh, Ken. So much wrong here. America is not a Christian nation, and it never has been, except in the sense that there happen to be more Christians than any other belief system. Even there, with the internecine warfare of the past 5 centuries the "no true Christian" types would say the real Christians are a small minority. The values that have historically guided the country? Over one third of the time that the US has existed the values and timeless truths saw no problem with owning people like owning horses and cattle. Refusing to follow state law where it violates the Constitution is doing the opposite of ignoring the legal and moral heritage of our nation. When your state lost the treasonous war that firmly established the supremacy of the Constitution over anything your little Legislature could come up with, that also established the legal and moral grounds to defy state law when it directly violates federal law.
Ken, please fuck off. We're getting tired of people like you pissing on our constitutional rights.
"CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin."
The Ten Commandments should be posted in every Republican office to remind them of the hypocrisy of the all their talk compared to their actions. If the Ten Commandments are not worthy to be posted in churches, then why post them anywhere else.
MAGAS already think “actual” dictionaries and encyclopedias are books written by the devil! The only expertise and knowledge that MAGAS have is how to cook roadkill and how to have sex with barnyard animals.
Although that was a commandment and seemed really important to God at the time, he got over it apparently. He's okay with you thinking about Jesus on Sunday instead of resting on Saturday thinking about his creation, you gotta pick one or the other apparently. God never expected you to waste the whole weekend on holy BS.
No, they don't take them that seriously. They just want to use them as a bludgeon against everyone who isn't them, never mind the whole territory-marking routine.
Anyone else notice the subtle racism and xenophobia here? At least half of the brown people in Texas are Catholic. Using KJV only is telling them they are not welcome unless they convert to far right Protestant fundamentalism.
Thanks for that referral. The "Legal Issues" section was surprising long -- while the "Personal Life" and allegations about infidelity were no surprise at all.
It's clearly time for malicious compliance in Texas.
This issue is already well out of hand. Instead of allowing these Ten Commandments posters to be special by being alone, displays should include other codes, like the Wiccan Rede, The Satanic Temple's Seven Tenets, Buddhism's Four Noble Truths, and so on. (I do sometimes regard this as a down side of atheism: there is no ready-made code of behavior that can be neatly put on a poster and displayed.) Better yet, put all of 'em on one very large poster, just so if one comes down they all have to.
Christian territory marking deserves to be mocked as often and loudly as possible; if that makes Ken Paxton's head explode, well. That's just a bonus.
Small government was only ever something conservatives shouted when the fed imposed liberal ideas on them, like removing segregation and imposing voter rights limitations on gerrymandering. They were never serious about it, and now that they have a lock on most states as well as the House, Senate, etc., their true colors come out.
Ken Paxton is as corrupt as they come, and always has been. The Texas Senate did not acquit Paxton on the charges that got him impeached because he was innocent. They circled the wagons and acquitted him because he's a Republican. This is more show-boating on Paxton's part. Performance art directed at the bottom-feeding Republican base so they can play the poor, persecuted victims of the godless left. The same people who would lose their minds at the mere suggestion any religion but their own be represented in the public school classrooms.
I am not sure what you are implying. But as a Republican, I looked at the evidence. He is white rich Christian and a male. How much more innocent can you get?
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Hey, Texas...
Posting the 10 C is a violation of the 2nd Commandment. And when are you going to get it in your thick skulls that the 10 C were meant for the Israelites alone?
They couldn't care less about that. This is all about manipulating the base into voting against their self-interests yet again.
Tell that to the judge! But don't tell the minions of the corrupt ruler because all hell will break loose then and chaos will reign.
“𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦,” 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑎𝑥𝑡𝑜𝑛. “𝐵𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑤, 𝐺𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝐼𝑆𝐷 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.”
Oh, Ken. So much wrong here. America is not a Christian nation, and it never has been, except in the sense that there happen to be more Christians than any other belief system. Even there, with the internecine warfare of the past 5 centuries the "no true Christian" types would say the real Christians are a small minority. The values that have historically guided the country? Over one third of the time that the US has existed the values and timeless truths saw no problem with owning people like owning horses and cattle. Refusing to follow state law where it violates the Constitution is doing the opposite of ignoring the legal and moral heritage of our nation. When your state lost the treasonous war that firmly established the supremacy of the Constitution over anything your little Legislature could come up with, that also established the legal and moral grounds to defy state law when it directly violates federal law.
Ken, please fuck off. We're getting tired of people like you pissing on our constitutional rights.
I have nothing to add, despite my lack of caffeine. But if the 10 Commandments are so important:
one of them says thou shall not commit adultery. I’m not sure exactly how many mistresses Paxton has had, but they weren’t his wife.
One of them says thou shall not bear fall witness. 10 Commandments had nothing to do with the secular and civil law of the United States.
One of them says remember the Sabbath day and keep it. Nobody’s trying to close down Walmart on Sunday.
We also have Commandments against theft which six bankruptcies ought to qualify Trump for.
Somehow it just seems to me that they don’t really take the 10 Commandments seriously
"CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin."
-Ambrose Bierce, Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
My copy of the devil‘s dictionary, when I had it, was well marked.
The Ten Commandments should be posted in every Republican office to remind them of the hypocrisy of the all their talk compared to their actions. If the Ten Commandments are not worthy to be posted in churches, then why post them anywhere else.
MAGAS already think “actual” dictionaries and encyclopedias are books written by the devil! The only expertise and knowledge that MAGAS have is how to cook roadkill and how to have sex with barnyard animals.
But neither of those are in the 10 Commandments. Strange
Eight of the Commandments would be unconstitutional if someone tried writing them into law.
The "sabbath" is actually Saturday.
Pedantically yours.
Or Friday. There’s only one solution. Cancel everything Friday through Sunday.
Friday evening to Saturday evening.
— Nitpickin’ NoGodz
Although that was a commandment and seemed really important to God at the time, he got over it apparently. He's okay with you thinking about Jesus on Sunday instead of resting on Saturday thinking about his creation, you gotta pick one or the other apparently. God never expected you to waste the whole weekend on holy BS.
No, they don't take them that seriously. They just want to use them as a bludgeon against everyone who isn't them, never mind the whole territory-marking routine.
We both know that.
Unfortunately.
Yes but the heathens aren’t the ones that need them.
"America is a Christian nation"
Facts not in evidence.
Most Christians seem to regard most other Christians as not really Christian.
Attempting to sort out who was, or was not, a TRUE Christian has spilled enough blood to float the Navy.
Christian Blachas, Christian Karembeu, Christian Jacq. I don't see the problem 🤔
OMG I love Christian Jacq's Ramses: Son Of Light series!
𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑇𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠—𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠’ 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦.
Anyone else notice the subtle racism and xenophobia here? At least half of the brown people in Texas are Catholic. Using KJV only is telling them they are not welcome unless they convert to far right Protestant fundamentalism.
nabbott is catholic. Ooops.
He gets a pass due to lack of melanin.
I read melania 🤪
No thanks! Had one and they cut it out!
They're too stupid to notice. Go Cowboys!
In case anyone needs to be reminded about who this holier-than-thou hypocrite is
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Paxton
Click on both "Legal issues" and "Personal life." Scumdog of the universe.
Thanks for that referral. The "Legal Issues" section was surprising long -- while the "Personal Life" and allegations about infidelity were no surprise at all.
I don't get it - doesn't this concern a public school district, which is funded with federal and state dollars? Isn't Texas essentially suing itself?
They don't care. It's a win-win situation for the nast-cs.
1) braxton wins. The commandments posters are forced upon every child in public schools of the state.
2) braxton loses, taxpayers money for public schools was wasted, and he gets to play the persecution game.
Suing their own taxpayers.
Texans should bring a class action suit against state government for spending all their tax dollars on frivolous BS.
Now THERE is a suggestion worth exploration!
It's clearly time for malicious compliance in Texas.
This issue is already well out of hand. Instead of allowing these Ten Commandments posters to be special by being alone, displays should include other codes, like the Wiccan Rede, The Satanic Temple's Seven Tenets, Buddhism's Four Noble Truths, and so on. (I do sometimes regard this as a down side of atheism: there is no ready-made code of behavior that can be neatly put on a poster and displayed.) Better yet, put all of 'em on one very large poster, just so if one comes down they all have to.
Christian territory marking deserves to be mocked as often and loudly as possible; if that makes Ken Paxton's head explode, well. That's just a bonus.
What do you think of this ?
1) Doubt anything and everything that has no scientific basis
2) Don't be stagnant, evolve
3) You are a lighted candle in the darkness, not Alexandria's lighthouse
4) Share what you know and learn from others
5) Diversity is Homo Sapiens strenght, not rote conformity
I'd say it's a good start. Maybe something about these being a guideline rather than a a complete and unalterable rule set, though?
It's a first draft. Now. It's your job to share and modify it as you wish 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl0hMfqNQ-g
1. Don't be an ass.
That is all.
Be excellent to each other...
If you ask Texas Repubs if they support “local control” of school districts, they’ll say yes and never notice the irony.
Small government was only ever something conservatives shouted when the fed imposed liberal ideas on them, like removing segregation and imposing voter rights limitations on gerrymandering. They were never serious about it, and now that they have a lock on most states as well as the House, Senate, etc., their true colors come out.
yes, small government and local control was when they were a minority party.
They miss the second l in local.
The Paxholes are bigger in Texas.
KJV commandments only? Which version? Can't be Exodus 20. Only Exodus 34 is the real deal and I have YET to see THOSE posted.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, by popular demand - well, I like it -
I still have not seethed a kid in its mother's milk.
Never tugged on Supermans cape.
Psalm 137: but not in the Boney M version: I wonder, why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3QxT-w3WMo
The 70s were weird.
I know... but I survived them
Only because of you 😁
I am quite happy with not remembering what those verses was about. NO, don't remind me.
I just did. (sniggers quietly)
I haven't heard much from The Satanic Temple lately, but this seems like an ideal job for them (and they have a strong presence in TX).
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3e2b9821450a1c2d2833b02d46253064445c1569bb73c25c83013db43ec8f332.jpg
The photographer is a fun guy.
Love it!
That’s pretty cool pic!
If you feel you have to force your religion on others, you've already lost.