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How do parents feel about the 10 Commandments being displayed in each classroom at all Public Schools in Texas starting September?

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avilae89@reddit

I’m catholic, but I don’t like it. I’ll teach my faith to my kids at home. School is for math, reading, science, all the education except religion.
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Zes_Teaslong@reddit

Religion should be taught in school, but ALL religions so kids can understand cultural differences. Ive taught 6th grade social studies for almost a decade and the kids favorite thing we study is the different religions of the world.
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migs_003@reddit

Including Satanism. Agreed.
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elonzucks@reddit

probably the only religion to never have started a war
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Desperate_Host_7963@reddit

Since mass slaughter of pagans by christians doesnt count as war you are right
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noncongruent@reddit

Intellectual understanding of complex issues and viewpoints and respecting those that have different opinions doesn't seem like a good basis to start wars from, lol.
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East_Director_4635@reddit

Also a 6th grade World Cultures educator and my thoughts exactly! It doesn’t make sense to teach a curriculum filled with world religions, but then display one on the wall as if it’s better than the other religions my students are learning about. It would easily cause confusion and stir up questions I certainly don’t have good answers for. Well, at least, answers the state would like for me to say. 🙃
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A-lethal-dose-of-you@reddit

I think I'd post up a bunch of other religious scriptures/etc alongside it, framed the exact same way as the commandments, as a whole collection promoting "cultures and religions around the world/through history" instead of it being it's own stupid thing. Making sure to follow the rules but in a way that would really get them twisted.
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Living_Emergency9536@reddit

Unfortunately, the Texas bill prohibits all other displays- it will be illegal to post others and discuss side by side😡
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CknHwk@reddit

That’s a really good idea.
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ihaterunning2@reddit

Pretty sure the Satanic Temple often does this when the government oversteps the first amendment and favors one religion (it’s almost always Christianity). They usually demand that their 10 commandments, statue to their religion, or Bible be represented equally. They did this in Oklahoma when a 10 commandments statute was permitted at the state Capitol, and they won! They’re statue depicted Baphomet reading to 2 children. The OK state Supreme Court ruled the 10 commandments monument unconstitutional so the satanic statue was never erected. I don’t know if they’ve popped in on any of the states demanding bibles in schools or the 10 commandments yet. I wonder if they will if the courts don’t knock this down.
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unexplainednonsense@reddit

Is there anything saying you can’t also hang up things that represent the other religions too?
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East_Director_4635@reddit

To rival a 16”x20” gigantic Ten Commandments framed poster? Right, let me just go out and purchase materials to plaster all over my walls to represent every single world religion just to offset this disturbing violation of separation of church and state. 🤦‍♀️ Not to mention, where am I supposed to hang all the other nonsense demanded by TEA, in addition to my actually USEFUL wall hangings, such as giant world and USA maps, a word wall, English/spanish discussion stems, etc etc. 🙄 Furthermore, the Ten Commandments blatantly comes off as classroom slash life “rules”, NOT an educational poster. There’s nothing academic about the Ten Commandments being in a secular public school classroom.
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EFIW1560@reddit

Answer: "some humans, while they may grow up, dont actually mature. Their bodies are adult sized but their minds are still small like a child's. they get afraid of things that are different than them because they dont understand them." The human species is evolving emotionally from a conceptual framework of reality as a competition with power games and domination seen as winning, to perceiving reality as a collaborative effort aimed toward co-creation, regenerativity, and symbiosis both with other humans and with our ecosystem as a whole. The growing pains have been and will be brutal. Thats just my opinion though.
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EFIW1560@reddit

Answer: "some humans, while they may grow up, dont actually mature. Their bodies are adult sized but their minds are still small like a child's. they get afraid of things that are different than them because they dont understand them." The human species is evolving emotionally from a conceptual framework of reality as a competition with power games and domination seen as winning, to perceiving reality as a collaborative effort aimed toward co-creation, regenerativity, and symbiosis both with other humans and with our ecosystem as a whole. The growing pains have been and will be brutal. Thats just my opinion though.
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Living_Emergency9536@reddit

Core Knowledge! My kids all enjoyed the world religions they learned about in 6th grade! They were taught more than I was. They have an amazingly strong foundation.
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Naanad@reddit

Here is thr problem, as someone who was completely for this until i went to college and got a degree in religious doctrine. WHO is going to teach it? Unless you have someone coming in to teach from that faith, it will ALWAYS be spun in a light based on the educators preference. i.e. if you believe in Buddhism, but not Christianity, your unknowingly going to lean towards your doctrines. And vice versa. Add in all the various denominations within Christianity. Are you going to LUMP them are go with Catholicism, or Lutheran, or Calvinistic, or Mormonism.... Trust me, I WISH it was a simple thing, but it's such a difficult topic. It's a HUGE broad scope. But as someone who devoted my life to understanding faith, its impact on persons, and how teachings can DRIVE a person to or from their faith in times of crisis, leaving a devout skeptical or a skeptical a "changed man." Trust me when I say, it can never be taught in schools.
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daedaeboi@reddit

Dude I went to a Texas highschool back in the mid 2010's and our school did just that, we even started with the middle eastern countries before getting into Christianity.
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Quirky-Mode8676@reddit

100%
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Hot-Ad5095@reddit

Make it an elective in all schools. Let the student and their parents decide.
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TeaKingMac@reddit

>ALL religions Yeah, that'll work. There's only like 4000 established religions, so if they cover one every day starting in kindergarten, they'll be finished by high school graduation
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Kitten3000safe@reddit

Religion, yes, yes all of them, should be taught as mythology.
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AbueloOdin@reddit

Man, there's like a thousand religions and like a thousand sects of each. Can't we just compromise and skip over all of them that Ken Paxton approves of?
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elonzucks@reddit

"Religion should be taught in school, but ALL religions " Not unless they clearly teach as well that there's no evidence at all for any kind of god and that not having a religion is perfectly ok as well
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Typical-Business9686@reddit

>teach as well that there's no evidence at all for any kind of god I'm an atheist and disagree with this first part of your comment (agree with the second). The purpose of these courses is to help learn about and understand all people and their beliefs (yes including atheism and agnosticism), not to start a debate, endorse a belief, or say who is wrong or right. "In this class you'll be learning about the history, literature, and culture of world religions. This belief originated in this time period in this part of the world, followers of this religion believe in these high level ideas, here is where and how many people practice this religion today."
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gt0163c@reddit

Technically it's two religions since the Jewish faith believes in the 10 Commandments as well as Christians. But I agree with you. I think students should be taught about different religions and particularly beliefs impact cultures around the world. Posting religious texts from just one or two religions and particularly in all classrooms, is, at best a waste of money and, at worst (or maybe not absolute worst but farther down the bad spectrum) a violation of the 1st Amendment of the constitution.
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MsMo999@reddit

It was a class like this that made my son wanna study world religions in college.
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MathNerd61@reddit

There is a big difference between teaching religion and teaching about religion. The latter is important for people to understand. There is a lot of hate due to ignorance and “‘my way or else” which would improve with education. The former should be left to parents and faith based institutions.
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crestedgeckovivi@reddit

This.  I don't mind as long as it's a general class to teach about different religions in general with a factual historical style etc.  VS shoving only one type of religion at the kids. 
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

I agree. It’s a clear violation between the separation of church and state, and overall exclusive. Not everyone is Christian or Catholic, or even religious in general.
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Sporkler@reddit

As a heads up, I am very against it. I did want to reply to the idea of something violating separation of church and state. There is no actual “separation of church and state.” That is an idea coined in a letter by Thomas Jefferson, but not an actual law anywhere. There is something called the Establishment Clause, which states “Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” But this was not a congressional thing. This is a Texas thing (as you already know).
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Desperate_Host_7963@reddit

the scopes trial says otherwise
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TeaKingMac@reddit

>an establishment of religion Putting the 10 commandments in class rooms is certainly an establishment is it not?
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Quirky-Mode8676@reddit

Being paid for by tax dollars, and excludes every other religion, seems like it is definitely trying to establish an official religion.
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tdcave@reddit

Not arguing, just want to point out that it’s not being paid for by tax dollars. The bill requires the posters to be donated.
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Aggressive-Tiger-545@reddit

Well it’s been that way for ever I can remember as a 60 year old. I don’t think I wasn’t my kid to go thru the crazy Muslim prayers because he’s not in the middle east. Y’all need to remember, we have traditions and I’m sorry no group is coming in and tell me I have to change and blast their prayers and have their own cities. Nope nope totally nope
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AgitatedMachine1189@reddit

I believe several in Austin and those lining the pockets in Austin want to establish Texas as a Christian state instead of a state of Christians.
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Aggressive-Tiger-545@reddit

Ok yes agreed. Did you have it growing up. Did your parents complain or did you have a problem with it . So we should allow men dresses creep come in a read soft porn in drag instead of learning science or math. Having ridiculous flags when the American flag was all we need. When kids graduation is up but they can’t read or write? When teachers don’t do history or science or math but talk about politics and if any brave one says no to the opposite all hell breaks in and they get sent to detention ?
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Sporkler@reddit

Where was congress involved? I get that there is debate regarding the wording, but that is the literal wording. Also, I do want to reiterate that I am against this decision in every way. I’m even an atheist. I’m only speaking to the wording of the clause.
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TeaKingMac@reddit

The fourteenth amendment extends the protections of the 1st amendment to everyone > No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States The privilege or immunity being the establishment of a state religion
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Careless-Ad-6328@reddit

Part of the whole reason for the constitution and the federal system established after the articles of confederation fell apart was that there are certain things that are not up to the states, and that federal laws and the constitution itself supersede state and local laws. This is flirting dangerously close to the "establishment of religion" by only putting in the 10 Commandments and not also providing for key tenets from other faiths. Also, while you're right on the separation of church and state not being written specifically into law, a favorite argument for conservatives when trying to declare something they don't like as unconstitutional, is to look at the imagined intent of the founding fathers. A lot of "Sure these are the words as written... but what they MEANT was XYZ". In this case it's pretty darn clear what the intent behind the establishment clause is... Jefferson outright says it.
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AgitatedMachine1189@reddit

Separation of church and state relating to the way Jefferson referred to it I believe has been ruled on by The Supreme Court
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MrRugen@reddit

Almost everyone knows this. Saying separation of church and state is just short hand.
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kalikooo@reddit

Not true. I and many others did not know this. Why are you being snarky on someone just informing of the actual exactness that's written down? Today is the first time I learned that separation of church and state wasn't actually written into an established clause, but that it was another sentence entirely.
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Sporkler@reddit

Cool. Did you read the comment I replied to? This isn’t a *violation* of church and state. Do you think it is? And no, I really don’t think “almost everyone knows this.”
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ProofNo9183@reddit

It really is just the short hand way to say that part of the 1st amendment, Jefferson summed it up and it’s stuck ever since.
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MrRugen@reddit

Right. Instead of saying it's a violation of the establishment clause people say church and state. It gets the idea across better.
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Sufficient_Clubs@reddit

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” Can you offer a better shorthand summary of the above text then?
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WeAteMummies@reddit

> But this was not a congressional thing. This is a Texas thing (as you already know). The first amendment applies to states because of the 14th amendment.
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BigFloatingPlinth@reddit

Can you explain how the church and state could be together without violating the establishment clause?
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GeeOh58@reddit

But forcing The Ten Commandments excerpted from The Christian Bible is something that the courts have long ruled an ‘establishment’.
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FreshGravity@reddit

There is no such writing into law including the phrase “separation of church and state”. I’m confused why so many people missed this one?
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Yes you are correct, “Seperation of Church and State” isn’t its own law. But it is included in the First Amendment. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” this is known as the “Establishment Clause” (no government endorsement of religion) and the Free Exercise Clause (meaning you’re free to practice your religion). Together, they’ve been interpreted to mean that the government can’t favor or establish any religion, nor interfere with someone’s private beliefs. This would include having the 10 commandments in public schools. The phrasing “wall of separation between church and state” was a phrase that was made famous by Thomas Jefferson. This principle is what has kept public schools, laws, and public institutions from promoting specific religious beliefs, until more recently, when that wall has started to erode in some places….like here in the good ole state of Texas. Even Louisiana blocked this from happening, which surprised me a little bit. Even if it’s not written word-for-word as a law, it’s a core principle that helps maintain fairness, inclusion, and liberty for all people, regardless of their beliefs or religion. When schools start endorsing one religion (like displaying the Ten Commandments), it sends a message that other beliefs are less valid or even unwelcome. That’s not what America is supposed to be about.
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Op_ivy1@reddit

I’m generally Christian, and I totally agree. It’s just virtue signaling from our elected leaders, and it’s hateful and stupid.
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jmasas@reddit

I agree 100%
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Any-Suggestion1316@reddit

You realize the Catholic ten commandments is different from the version they are posting, right?
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avilae89@reddit

Regardless it does not belong there.
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valjr1@reddit

If you were a real Catholic Christian you'd be wanting to spread the word to everyone. If you really feel this way I think you need a more personal relationship with God to open your eyes
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duskyfarm@reddit

Also catholic, and evangelical Christian before that. I've seen how "adept" the public school system is with math, science, writing. I'd never ever let them handle something as important as religion willingly.
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RadWaste505@reddit

Not going to get excited about something that will be in courts for years
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CknHwk@reddit

Except the bill goes into effect when school starts back up in August (for most TX public schools, September for others).
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RadWaste505@reddit

So 4 weeks for an injunction to get put in place and 5 circuit ruled on Louisiana law. Still not getting to worked up Even if it goes in most students ignore everything
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Stargazer_179@reddit

I went to Catholic school for elementary, middle and high school, in 2 different states. We did not have the 10 commandments posted in classrooms. I have no idea what they think it will do in public school where the kids may or may not even believe in God. Classroom rules are more beneficial than “Keep Holy the Sabbath”.
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playballer@reddit

I’m agnostic, send kids to Christian school. That’s my choice though, I wouldn’t want something forced on my kid. And the fact that it’s just so damn unnecessary and obviously loaded with politics more than anything it’s annoying
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NinjaGrizzlyBear@reddit

Not a parent, but dating a woman whose Catholic husband absolutely wrecked his woman, his children, and life over the course of 20 years. They divorced, but the damage done on top of the Catholic parents who forced this on her is very clear. My girl has taken so many hits, it pisses me off that she had to take them. I would never speak ill of their kids, but they are seniors in high school and freshmen in college and forget to take the SATs.. so I will absolutely speak ill of the education system and boards of education. But I absolutely won't speak ill of the educators. They are getting hit just as hard as nurses and CNAs, etc, while taking gut shots over things parents should be controlling. But when your options as a parent are *so fucking terrible*, the butchering of fine arts and STEM, and even basic... reading... gets obliterated... you've got a recipe for educational disaster. And a bunch of dipshits that scream at each other over Dino nuggies while their kids ride bikes down 380 and risk getting absolutely fucked by insane drivers. PSA: I say this as a degreed chemical and petroleum engineer. So I'm not just bitching. Infrastructure, lack of education, vouchers to build an educational Bible based bubble, terrible housing builds for profit, the copy and pasting of the same shit restaurants and whatnot, deference from government for profit, whatever, are going to break Texas.
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EFIW1560@reddit

I like this take because I always wondered why anyone would trust something as personal and important as religious beliefs to be standardized through the public school system.
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Pure-Anything-585@reddit

well, commandments could be viewed as a piece of history, so there
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Infamous_Ebb_5561@reddit

Agreed. What qualifies these people to teach the Bible!? No thank you
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th3drift3r@reddit

To be fair the 10 commandments were posted in schools for almost 200 years until 1980. In the end I don’t think it matters much unless you start forcing kids to recite them
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Do you know why they weren’t allowed to do this after the 80’s? Because the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Stone v. Graham that this practice violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. So it does matter because it directly violates the first amendments, and if we’re just allowed to cherry pick the amendments what’s the point?
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th3drift3r@reddit

Yes of course. I didn’t know that but then I researched it. This is all a play to have the Supreme Court review it It will be overturned and legal again. I guarantee it.
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Medvenger21@reddit

Great! I like teaching that murder and stealing are bad
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warmbIood@reddit

I mean.. there are laws for that; you don’t need the ten commandments for that 😂
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SnaggedHelmetScrim@reddit

Laws are just pieces of paper signed by people with control. God's commandments and morals are eternal and echo in the consciousness of all people.
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Medvenger21@reddit

Tell that to Minnesota and California. Plus legality ≠ morality. See recent support for Mangione
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Snobolski@reddit

You're saying if science conclusively proves that God doesn't exist, you won't have a problem with murdering and stealing?
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thelazysob@reddit

As an erstwhile Texas Republican, I would say that on the same posting they need to include "This posting of the 'Ten Commandments' was ordered by the faux "Christian" Texas Republican hypocrits who honor only two commandments: "Do as I say, not as I do." "If a Republican does it, it's OK." Of course if they get caught with their fingers in the till, or in the "cloak room girl" They get all religious, repentent, and Flip Wilson-like and say, "The devil made me do it!"
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migs_003@reddit

I wonder if they will display biggie's 10 crack commandments along side to the old dusty ones? ...oh and that shit stupid. Separation of church and state and all that jazz... but some people love displaying their "faith" as a rally call for votes.
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hackerjackn@reddit

How about Hamilton’s “The Ten Duel Commandments.”
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migs_003@reddit

You must forgive me but I am too uncultured for thst shit. What that? Pistols at dawn and shit?
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hackerjackn@reddit

It’s OK. If you saw the play or the movie made of the play, “Hamilton” then you would know.
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Glowing-star7@reddit

Do The 10 Commandments teach anything bad? Anything different from good citizenship? Anything that would hurt? If you think about it, every year kids are exposed to different teachers, every one of them with different beliefs, backgrounds and HUGE influence over your child. Do you question the teachers? Not really right?
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Mechaniker23950@reddit

It's long overdue.
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Any-Suggestion1316@reddit

This is a great place to find out.
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Danilo-11@reddit

Same as posting signs saying “Don’t steal” to deter crime
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Puzzleheaded-Ad5565@reddit

I am very against this. We need freedom FROM religion. As a Texan, I am ashamed of those elected officials and citizens violating the Constitution . These Christo- Fascists are right out of 1930’s Germany. I would counter them with … “ so it would be ok to posts the tenents of Islam, bhuddism and Hinduism in the classroom? “. Now do you get it ?
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shtfckpss@reddit

Kids don’t pay any attention to that stuff.
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-inertusername-@reddit

It's very clear that subjective morality has had some big pitfalls in the past 50 years. Even if someone doesn't try to keep the 10 commandments, it's hard to argue that any of them are objectionable values for growing children.
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stevejuliet@reddit

>it's hard to argue that any of them are objectionable values for growing children. Reread the first one.
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-inertusername-@reddit

Yes, heaven forbid children be raised to think that there is a higher power that they will answer to for their actions someday. I mean, do people really think the whole primordial soup, random chance, evolution thing is valid? We can't stop finding evidence of dinosaurs coexisting with humans and rampant carbon dating fraud among those with the agenda.
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stevejuliet@reddit

>heaven forbid children be raised to think that there is a higher power that they will answer to for their actions someday The First Commandment tells children who pray to a non-Abrahamic God, "your God is wrong." That's not only an unethical message, it's an *unconstitutional* message for the State to mandate children see *every day.* If you don't like it, maybe this isn't the country for you?
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Aggressive-Tiger-545@reddit

I grew up catholic as well but I think it’s good to get these kids back to basics like how we grew up. Kids today are looking at queer semi soft porn, having men dress up and come read to them with these books. Teachers with radical religious or politely views preaching instead of math and science. This next generation of children will not know how to grow up and take care of themselves being raised with that. There are high school kids who have graduated who can not read or write! Stop all the bs and get kids in a routine of pledging to allegiance to the flag and just stop with all weird flags but the American flag and teach them to be proud and a goal in life. No rainbow dressed up man coming to talk about men and female genetalia in 3 rd grade helps a kid get ready for adulthood and live skills. Totally mind boggling.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Just so you know, this reads like incoherent rambling. Literally makes no sense and I don’t understand what you’re even trying to convey with this comment.
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jilldamnit@reddit

I'm really glad my kids have graduated. I didn't love the system when they were in it, it was an outright shit show with my oldest. Its all fucked.
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bogehiemer@reddit

Never mind that many if our leaders openly violate many of those commandments.
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Mrsloverson@reddit

They always talk against grooming children and fear they are want g to groom children. Educating children in Christian ways is total grooming. It’s up to the parents. Not the schools!
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leaderjoe89@reddit

Soon this church will enter the debate…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster
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Aggressive-Tiger-545@reddit

So would you want weird creepy Muslims singing prayers over loud speakers 5x a day with these nut jobs bowing in the street where ever they are stopping traffic. If you have a job , doubtful, but ok, stop your job even if you’re super busy and go put butts to butts praying. Too bad about customers, you leave everything .
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Potential-Cut-8934@reddit

I think it’s great because as a gross overstep of government forcing itself into people’s lives, many people become disillusioned by organized religious cults and their confusion that conservatives are for small government. Hopefully the equal and opposite reaction to it includes a push away from belief in religious idols and in the sovereignty of politicians being a ruling class that people obey.
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TheDutchTexan@reddit

Really DGAF. And if you are against it you can educate your kids as follows: # 1 - ignore “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” # 2 - ignore “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” # 3 - ignore “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” # 4 - ignore “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” # 5 - Solid words to live by “Honour thy father and thy mother.” # 6 - Solid words to live by “Thou shalt not kill.” # 7 - Solid words to live by “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” # 8 - Solid words to live by “Thou shalt not steal.” # 9 - Solid words to live by “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” # 10 - Solid words to live by “Thou shalt not covet.”
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ayehateyou@reddit

Beyond angry. I told my kids if they deface those fucking awful displays, I'll gladly support their efforts and tell the school officials my kids' behavior is 100% sanctioned by me. Fuck greg grabbutt.
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Successful_Coffee311@reddit

Clear violation of the first amendment even if I was Christian I would be against it. I know the people doing this would not like the Quran or Torah to be mandatory reading so why is this ok
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FearlessPie9905@reddit

It’s grooming! The church is just a mass groomer!
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Naanad@reddit

I am just glad my kid is out of school. I would be pissed if I did. Doing this only tells religious extremists that we are a monotheistic nation and justifies their attacks on us as a "death to Christianity target. Not to mention it disrespects every other community that isn't of the judeo faith foundation. While in a minority in Texas, MANY other states are subject to Texas defining what is in textbooks because they are the largest purchasing body in the country. I grew up in Iowa and was told multiple times the reason our textbooks said X or Y was because it was written for the Texas policies.
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TX3DNews@reddit

Religion should be thought at home
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YoghurtGreen@reddit

what’s so bad about them? they are moral and good rules to follow regardless of your religion. has society drifted this far off the hinges that the 10 commandments are controversial lol? our laws are based on them. i mean do not kill? come on lol
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Levilucas2005@reddit

Religion aside. Wouldn’t it be great if everyone followed the 10 commandments. Maybe the kids will see it and it will make the schools better places
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billiton@reddit

You can’t really believe this will be the outcome. That’s just idiotic
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Levilucas2005@reddit

How can you not believe that if people followed them it would make the world better??
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WhatsItGalore@reddit

I think this is why even though I’m areligious I don’t think this is a huge deal? As a DISD parent there are so many deep flaws in public school that this is minor league to me. The commandments are rules to live by and even though they have a Judeo Christian origin, the tenets parallel many other religions’.
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Furrealyo@reddit

Me and my people are generally more conservative than Reddit or /r/Dallas appreciate, but we **all** hate this. Separation of church and state was a founding tenant of our nation and shit like this demonstrates the pure hypocrisy of elected officials who claim to be “constitutionalists”.
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kakurenbo1@reddit

MAGA doesn’t know what conservatism is. They’re just a bunch of cultists bought in to a lie.
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Furrealyo@reddit

All MAGA are conservatives. Not all conservatives are MAGA. It’s an important distinction.
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red_whiteout@reddit

They are regressives.
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ArmadilloGrove@reddit

Huh? No MAGA are conservatives. Conservatives want smaller government. MAGA wants government in schools, churches and small businesses. Conservatives want to reduce government spending. MAGA just voted to massively increase government spending. Conservatives want economic liberalization. MAGA wants tarrifs and market manipulation. You can't be MAGA and conservative at the same time.
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No_Landscape_897@reddit

Conservatives has been fighting to force Christianity into schools and ban access to abortion since long before MAGA existed. They don't want small government, they want a government that forces everyone to live by their values.
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ArmadilloGrove@reddit

Conservatives haven't been conservative for a long time.
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No_Landscape_897@reddit

Give me a date.
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Snobolski@reddit

Conservatives don't want smaller government, they want less spending on "handouts." They're fine with blowing up the deficit for defense spending and/or tax cuts for billionaires.
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Aderj05@reddit

I think you’re drawing distinctions between authoritarian conservatism and libertarian conservatism. Aka fascism vs anarchocapitalism. Both are conservative schools of thought.
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noncongruent@reddit

All SS were Nazis, but not all Nazis were SS. It's a distinction without a difference.
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metrorhymes@reddit

There is zero distinction if they voted for it.
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kakurenbo1@reddit

A lot of conservatives voted Republican, not necessarily MAGA, because that’s how they’ve always voted regardless of how moderate-conservative the Democrat party has always been compared to their international counterparts. They don’t really pay attention to the theatrics. They’re just used to voting red and not thinking about it that much. That being said, given the coverage of just what Trump was going to do, they *should* have been paying attention, because everything reported about Project 2025 has been dead-on. And Trump lied about supporting it. If I was duped like anyone who voted for the GOP, I’d be furious and would never trust the party again. Of course, that’s idealism speaking. They’ll be right back at in 4-8 years after Trump.
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Snobolski@reddit

> A lot of conservatives voted Republican, not necessarily MAGA They're one and the same, holmes.
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kakurenbo1@reddit

It may have started that way (and that’s the problem) but it’s not that way anymore. MAGA is a radical right-wing ideology. Nothing conservative about radicals.
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Snobolski@reddit

If you vote Republican, you vote MAGA. They're one and the same.
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devourer09@reddit

>because that’s how they’ve always voted regardless of how moderate-conservative the Democrat party has always been compared to their international counterparts. They don’t really pay attention to the theatrics. They’re just used to voting red and not thinking about it that much. Dogma >noun >a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. >"the rejection of political dogma" These people behave like zombies.
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USMCLee@reddit

That is a distinction without a difference. I have yet to find a conservative that didn't vote for Trump (and not voting is the same because of our FPTP voting).
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RootHogOrDieTrying@reddit

They aren't just constitutionally hypocritical, they're religiously hypocritical as well.
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Furrealyo@reddit

My grandmother calls those “cafeteria Christians”. They only pick the parts of scripture they like. 🤣
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jabdtx@reddit

You don’t get hall passes based on vocabulary preferences. You tried that with MAGA vs conservative and it’s a false narrative. There’s not a truly honest way to align “REAL christian” with Trump either. That makes you cafeteria.
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Snobolski@reddit

Well, ackshully, that passage only applies to the context back then, not to today. You should listen to Reverend McMegachurch's lecture series about it.
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DTXdude323@reddit

They don’t know scripture either. They’re “dumpster christians” stale sloppy and stank
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Tmwillia@reddit

Me and my people are less conservative than you but I appreciate your comment especially the tenet of the separation of church and state.
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NinjaMeow73@reddit

Same!
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Anon31780@reddit

These folks demand laws for themselves that protect but do not bind; and for folks they don’t like, they demand laws that bind but do not protect. 
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Select-Appeal6919@reddit

Rather have the 10 commandments than LGBT stuff!!!!
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neatgeek83@reddit

Can’t wait for Ken Paxton to defend it in court while his wife accuses him of violating many of them.
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sure-that-sounds-fun@reddit

I laughed.. and then I realized it was actually reality... which made me... well, a cocktail of angry, disgusted, sad, and nauseous...
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rdizzle11@reddit

But you supported gay flags in the schools and 7 years olds being taught it’s cool to be gay when 7 year olds don’t even think about sex. Surreal
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Dallas-ModTeam@reddit

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frankkiejo@reddit

This is my daily state anymore.
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TheLastModerate982@reddit

This Supreme Court will agree with Paxton, unfortunately.
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kakurenbo1@reddit

It’s not as likely as that. This was struck down in Texas before and it’s unlikely to survive litigation again. Abbott is only doing it to virtue signal to MAGA so he can “blame the Libs” when he needs a straw man for how bad things get under Trump’s GOP. The ACLU, among many others, have already joined suit against this. Between this and the redistricting, Texas GOP is not having a great time.
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ZarBandit@reddit

MAGA is anything but monolithic in this and many other issues. You presume to know far more than you do.
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No_Landscape_897@reddit

They all look like a bunch of goose stepping boot lickers from my point of view. They all just fall in line and agree with whatever their dear leader Trump says.
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ZarBandit@reddit

Good. Because while I’m an independent, the left needs to lose for a while for the good of the country and themselves. And one surefire way to keep losing is to have no concept of reality. The city of Dallas would benefit from not being a solid blue city. Otherwise we will get all the ills of Austin, but at a Dallas scale.
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No_Landscape_897@reddit

You're worried about Dallas turning into Austin, but I'm the one not living in reality. 🤣🤣🤣
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Walter_Padick@reddit

Don't do that...don't give me hope
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jzilla11@reddit

Is he a Coldplay fan?
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

The irony is maddening.
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Dontlikefootball@reddit

Party of Christian values- ffs
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LumpyPhilosopher8@reddit

Lets be real - Paxton "enforcing" any laws while he was under indictment and doing everything he could to avoid consequences was beyond maddening. The virtue stuff is just icing on the shit cake.
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argonautserious@reddit

“Your Honor, have you seen my neighbor’s ass, you would covet it, too!”- Ken Paxton in the near future.
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Jeffreyknows@reddit

THIS 🔝
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rdizzle11@reddit

A lot better than gay flags, pronouns and chemical castration of children
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Traditional-Hall-591@reddit

Indifferent. I went to church growing up, semi-religious family, all that. Once I moved, almost 30 years ago now, I haven’t been except for weddings and funerals. Displaying religious nonsense at school wouldn’t have made a difference.
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CuteBake4882@reddit

Dumb af
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bluegreenred_yellow@reddit

That the point, to make our children dumb af so they are subservient to their overloads.
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CuteBake4882@reddit

So slaves
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F1jbro@reddit

I went to a private catholic high school and they didn’t do this, nor do I recall any crucifixes in the classroom. Wild our taxes are paying a company to print them, probably owned by one of the bill pushers
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TinyTimD@reddit

Fine by me. No one is making them read it and god forbid they actually live them.
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stevejuliet@reddit

What about the first one? How ethical is it for the government to mandate that every child see the message "if you worship a non-Abrahamic God, you are wrong" every day of their K-12 lives? (Because it clearly isn't constitutional!)
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ReluctantZaddy@reddit

Who cares? It’s not like anyone actually follows them, especially Christians.
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OneEyedWinn@reddit

Super excited to explain the word, “adultery” to my 8 year old. 🙄
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OutrageousTitle9885@reddit

I won't have any children in the TX public education system while this nonsense continues.
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RoosterzRevenge@reddit

Great
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daedaeboi@reddit

REAL Christians understand that school is for learning and real Christian parents understand that educating their kids about their religion is THEIR job not the schools.
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Pure-Breath-6885@reddit

I don’t think it should be in classrooms if our elected officials don’t have to live by it
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GreenLynx1111@reddit

Satanists will add their commandments, or whatever they have. Seems to happen every time. That shuts the forced religion idiots up.
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Wayfaring_Limey@reddit

I can’t wait for the Satanic Temple to pull their next move, they have a track record of embarrassing these sorts of laws.
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TerryTags@reddit

Hail… satan? (Great documentary, by the way)
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lostnthenet@reddit

I'm grateful that my kids just graduated HS this year and I don't have to worry about it affecting them much.
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DallasMetalHead68@reddit

Mine is a senior this year, so I'm glad I only have to deal with these shenanigans for one year.
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TerryTags@reddit

Same
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rozflog@reddit

I’m a conservative Catholic. I see it only as a way to allow a koran on our school walls. Separation of Church and State is necessary for us to hold onto our Nation and its values.
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Agoddess_aboveyou@reddit

Then we gotta put the Quran and the Torah up as well. I’m about sick of the non separation between church and state.
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hellosatan369@reddit

TST and the FFRF will make sure they bring a lawsuit and/or post things that are common sense rules. TST is also challenging the after school Christian clubs with their own clubs based on science math and art skills. The After School Satan Club is only one way they are fighting for real freedom. https://thesatanictemple.com/
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Additional-Sky-7436@reddit

I'm a devout Christian, and I think it's stupid.  They don't even make sense in the context of a classroom.
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BrighestCrayon@reddit

Curious...where do they make sense? I thought Chrisitan believe that "they" are the body of Christ.
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Hailstorms1@reddit

Your second sentence has nothing to do with your first sentence.
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BrighestCrayon@reddit

Makes perfect sense. If Christians view themselves at the universal "body" of Christ...would their values not be an integrated part of their live...including in their education environments? I can respect the outright atheist in this thread who take issue with this, or event those who stand on this from a political perspective, but I find the "I'm a Christian and this makes no sense" comments to be just as hypocritical.
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Hailstorms1@reddit

I was an atheist for 25 years. I’m a Christian now. No, people do not think they are the body of Christ. Even if Christians believed that, the Bible clearly opposes forcing or manipulating people into believing in Christianity. Zechariah 4:6. 2 Corinthians 4:2. Revelation 3:20. We do not want the Ten Commandments displayed in public, government-funded secular education systems. Next time you want to disrespect someone simply on account of religion, at least assess their views correctly.
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BrighestCrayon@reddit

1. The Pledge of Allegiance states, "One nation under God" and has been recited in schools since the 1950s. Not a peep. 2. Our currency also states in "God we trust". Not a peep and no one is burning dollar bills in protest. Selective outrage is boring and so are false accusations of disrespect, when invited to think critically. Just like the LGBTQIA flag wasn't going to make everyone change their sexual orientation or gender. A classroom poster and lesson are not going to force anyone to become Christian, but this is the trend so let's ride the wave huh?
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Hailstorms1@reddit

I am also not in favor of the “under God” in the pledge and the dollar bill, which was only incorporated during the Cold War as anti-Russian propaganda. I do actively voice against those things as well for the same reasons. It would only be okay to include the Ten Commandments in classrooms if other religious core beliefs such as the pillars of Islam are also included. You think it is selective outrage because you are not attuned to political beliefs or communities different than your own. Do you have any actual argument or just false unrelated points?
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BrighestCrayon@reddit

"false unrelated points?" List one thing I stated that is false.
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MelodicStory8445@reddit

In church? Lol
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Additional-Sky-7436@reddit

Well, they make more sense in a church or synagogue, for two examples.
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AllergiesYearRound@reddit

We’ll tell our kids that it’s for Christians and we’re not Christians.
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Forward-Tumbleweed22@reddit

I’d find every other religion’s guiding principals/ethical codes etc, and post those too. Hinduism has the Yamas and Niyamas, Buddhism has the Five Precepts, and Islam has verses in the Quran that outline similar moral guidelines. I’d also toss in the “Class Commandments” while I was at it. 😁
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imcicig@reddit

I broke almost all of them except for stealing drinking and smoking I already have asthma. But the rest of them I broke it’s just a rules thing to do when your Mormon Christina or a nun, which ever one you worship to or believe in
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Numerous_Hunter_1979@reddit

It's stupid. They complain about teaching about the LGBT community but try to shove religious down our kids throats ? Also, there's other religions other than Christianity. Are they going to display some of their scriptures ?
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Rhythmspirit1@reddit

It’s ridiculous and doesn’t take in to account the various or differing religious perspectives. Most importantly, we need more focus on math, reading, science than we do anything else
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SMFox1987@reddit

Christian here - it's a disgrace to the constitution. Texas should be ashamed of this nonsense.
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twofaze@reddit

No, I don't like it.
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Overall_Mortgage2692@reddit

It's unconstitutional, and who's gonna enforce it? What's gonna happen if the schools just don't? I grew up in a small town & I don't think anybody there would give a shit, there are probably a lot of places like that. Worst case scenario, It's a single sheet of paper nobody can read without walking up to, stapled to the cork board in the corner nobody pays attention to. Any super fanatic religious zealot freaks who think this is some huge win for god are just fucking dumbasses
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SpindleDiccJackson@reddit

The people who don't follow any of them are desperate to make sure that they are put up everywhere.
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Wild_Oats69@reddit

All seem to be good rules to follow. I don't see a problem.
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plantmama32@reddit

WHAT
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DragonflyKnown2634@reddit

It's fine as long as they also display: \- The moral commandments of Islam \- Five Precepts of Buddhism \- The Hyamas and Niyamas of Hinduism \- and any other similar values observed by other students in the classroom That being said, we know that won't happen
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Desperate_Finish_641@reddit

I think we should have copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights displayed. Future generations are going to need to know they have rights.
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Willtexas1@reddit

Ah religious stuff, yea no get that sht out 😹
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KGLO2791@reddit

Don’t agree and don’t like it. We need separation of church and state. Our whole system is fckd.
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Narcess@reddit

It's freedom of religion and freedom from religion. Religion is like your genitals. Don't whip them out in public, and don't sove it down kids throats.. jus saying.
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Same-Pen3143@reddit

i dont give a shit
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AdvisorFar3651@reddit

I think it’s a great way to raise a generation of atheists.
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SoUnga88@reddit

See little Timmy these are the ten commandments you learned about those in Sunday school. Now remember that other word I taught you? That's right hypocrite!
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CeilingUnlimited@reddit

Former principal and Texas ISD superintendent here…. It’s infuriating, appalling, absolutely ridiculous and against the basic tenants of civil democracy. It's disrespectful to teachers, school leaders and school boards, a clown show and a too-expensive joke 'owning the libs' and getting a chuckle. It's a selling of our democratic birthright for a mess of porridge and a breaking of the First Commandment, putting M*GA before God. I just hope the Spaghetti Monster church sues to have their commandments put up next to Moses‘s.
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CeilingUnlimited@reddit

x
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ElBrancheroMKE@reddit

I think a public school kid should do a report on how Republicans violate every single one of them
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terrigirl1960@reddit

My son is no longer in school but I am NOT for it. Separation of church and state. It’s very clear. And there are other religions. It’s so messed up I have no words.
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pinksugi@reddit

Now I come from a catholic school so I guess it doesn't bother me but I hope they don't shove religion down the kid's throats.
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Significant_Walk7371@reddit

1. It's so dumb. Go visit a Catholic school or a christian prek. They don't have the ten commandments up in every room like this. They don't do it because it is a dumb way to prostylyze. 2. It's evil. The sole purpose of this is to try to make public school kids feel shame. These politicians want to bully children.
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RootHogOrDieTrying@reddit

I agree with you on most, but I disagree with you on the purpose. This is purely performative; a way to rile up the evangelicals and get them to donate more and vote again. The Republicans know this will probably be shot down in court, and they hope it will. Because, when it does, these politicians can go around to magachurches and say, "the activist liberal judges said we can't spread the word, but if you donate more and keep voting for me, I'll keep fighting." And it will work. You're right about kids feeling shamed by this. But if the politicians cared about harming kids, they wouldn't be Republicans.
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CknHwk@reddit

Fully agree. This is purely performative. TX govt doesn’t give 2 Fs about the 10 Commandments. It’s pandering to the christo-fascists with deep pockets.
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ballzhangingdown@reddit

I’m a teacher, and this can eat shit.
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Key_Astronaut7919@reddit

What is the purpose? Are they going to read it every day? Will a teacher point to it and teach about it? Will a student be accused of not following one of the commandments? What is the freaking point!!
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amanducktan@reddit

Im not happy with it at all. I dont want my son indoctrinated at school. I hope the lawsuits start coming.
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Admirable-Advantage5@reddit

It just displayed, there's nothing saying it has to be taught in school, not that the commandment are a bad general thing to teach, it's just the deity centric one that are a problem and the ones that need some detail explanation. But No they should probably not be mandatory and they will probably be hung up in court before they are ever hung up in classrooms.
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General-Carob-6087@reddit

They’ll force their religion into classrooms but don’t want their money going into them since that would actually help kids and teachers. Doesn’t seem Christ-like, but we all know they aren’t really Christians anyway.
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accidentalobsessions@reddit

I will start by saying I absolutely disagree with it. I will also point out that the actual language of the bill says the 10 Commandments must be displayed in the classrooms if they are DONATED to the school. There are also many stipulations on the correct size, font, framing, version (King James), and the number of copies donated. Go read the bill, Texas Senate Bill 10, to get the full version. Also, this was already struck down by 5th circuit court in Louisiana, and as Texas is also in the 5th circuit court, it is likely we will see the same outcome. I understand that the overall lack of integrity with our lawmakers here is the main source of frustration, but at least there may be things in place to block this. I’m also upset about what they snuck into Texas Senate Bill 12, which they are calling the “Parents Rights” bill to make it sound appealing, and to be clear, parents in Texas public schools have always had the rights to opt their student out of whatever they want- Texas is an opt-out state- but this bill specifically targets LBQTQ+ youth, barring them from having any type of club or organization that has anything to do with gender or sexuality, like the Gay Straight Alliance organization that many high schools have. There’s a lot more in the bill that is worrisome, but it is being disguised through the way it is presented.
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Ohheyimryan@reddit

I'd prefer the constitution displayed. I'm not religious so I don't understand why my children should be taught religious things in a non Christian school. If parents want their children taught religious dogma then go to a private school aimed for that.
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Tricky-Buy@reddit

My kids will ignore it just like they do all the other stuff that is in class 😂. But in all honesty its just a pointless subject that if the child or family isnt super religious no one else is gonna give a shit about it.
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b_reezy4242@reddit

The Ten Commandments taught me morality at 5 years old. It is better to know good rules and break them then not have them at all. The progress of modern world is rooted in the evolution of those commandments.
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Belikewater9@reddit

Homeschooling next year, writing is in the wall literally
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MrTexas512@reddit

Its dumb. Separation of church and state needs to 1000% be enforced. No religion, lifestyle or any of that shit needs to be taught in school. Keep your opinions, politics and religion to yourself.
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mattzahar@reddit

Glad that I moved out of state. ;)
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flavorbby@reddit

Isn't grade school in America mostly about indoctrination more so than actual learning? Seems like the ten commandments fit in perfect with the real agenda of schooling in this country. in the future I bet they will have to recite them before or after pledging allegiance to the flag.
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biggersjw@reddit

The law that was passed does not state the size of the 10 Commandments display. So it can be the size of a stamp and you’re good to go.
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liquidnight247@reddit

This is so not ok and goes against separation of church and state. WTF
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No_Moment_9465@reddit

It's insanely offensive that rules are posted at schools for children.
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unrulydame@reddit

Like it's a distraction.
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PoliticsIsDepressing@reddit

Not happy. I’m not particularly religious, but my kids enjoy going to church. Church is for learning about religion, not school. An atheist teacher is not handled to teach children about the ten commandments and will only cause confusion. Vote these idiots out!
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username-generica@reddit

I majored in religion in college and am now an atheist. I bet I’m more qualified to teach a class on the Bible than you are. 
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PoliticsIsDepressing@reddit

And you’re an outlier. My point being that I don’t want teachers teaching the ten commandments in school….
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username-generica@reddit

I agree that the 10 commandments shouldn't be taught in school the way the lawmakers in Austin want it to be taught but I disagree that just because someone is an atheist it doesn't mean that they're unqualified to teach about it. Some of us are atheists because of our extensive religious knowledge.
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rob2722@reddit

Wait. Are they teaching it, or just displaying it?
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PoliticsIsDepressing@reddit

They are displaying, but anyone who has a child over the age of two knows they ask questions about everything. They’ll probably ask the teacher to explain the Ten Commandments.
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ashkaylene@reddit

I will be weaponizing my children to ask non-stop questions about it as if they’re at Sunday School. Malicious compliance.
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AnnHathAWillHathaway@reddit

“How did Adam and Eve have 2 sons and then populate the world?”
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Just displaying. It’s saying it must be a 16”x20” poster, framed, be placed in a conspicuous location, and contain no additional content.
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Sea-Cauliflower-8368@reddit

No one should be teaching the 10 commandments. The confusion comes from mixing religion and education in violation of the Constitution. It is also confusing/wrong to be forcing Christianity on non-Christian students.
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BitGladius@reddit

They shouldn't be forcing religion on people, but it's hard to avoid teaching about it to some degree. You might not choose to teach world religions, but you've still got to explain historical events that were either religiously motivated or used religion as justification, and a lot of Western literature just assumes the reader is at least aware of certain parts of Christianity.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Completely agree! November 2026 we need to vote Abbott out!!
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ForzaFenix@reddit

Good. We'd have a better society if people followed them. 
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billiton@reddit

How stupid is there?
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JustAoplogize@reddit

Having then complain over dinner on how the MAGAts kids break them and get away with it
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billiton@reddit

Whaaaaaaat?
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Imaginary_Builder_56@reddit

How can we say that ONLY the 10 commandments are worthy? Do we include the Torah as well? Are we going to mandate the display of the Quran? What about Bhagavad Gita? Why shouldn’t we give the same reverence to the Tao Te Ching?
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slow_one@reddit

Not happy.   But I’d be less *unhappy* if they also displayed the Five Buddhist Precepts, the Hindu Five Yamas, and the major Islamic Surahs 
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SueSudio@reddit

The tenets of the satanic temple are also worthy of review and good words to live by.
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matmoeb@reddit

Far superior to the Ten Commandments
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billiton@reddit

You’re missing the point
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slow_one@reddit

Fair enough.
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HoneyestofBunnies@reddit

If I were a teacher, this would be my response. I followed the law and I get to show my students the various tenets and values others have in our global community.
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everybodyBnicepls@reddit

Against it
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millerba213@reddit

I didn't really get what it's supposed to accomplish. It seems like dumb pandering for votes. That being said I couldn't care less. The hysteria about it on this sub is so over the top. Didn't worry redditors, it's not going to "turn you kids christian" or really affect them in any way whatsoever.
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ThisIsMockingjay2020@reddit

>Don't worry redditors, it's not going to "turn your kids christian" or really affect them in any way whatsoever. And reading a book about a kid having 2 moms isn't going to make the kid gay, either. See how that works?
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millerba213@reddit

Ooh sick burn!
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Tolingar@reddit

For me it is not really about the slippery slope or whatever, it is about the fact that this is a waste of my tax dollars. They will spend tens of millions implementing this in our schools and then defending this in courts. Only to lose, like every other state that did this has. All for a pointless virtue signal by our elected officials. They want to complain about government waste, but they are the ones wasting our money.
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millerba213@reddit

I'm with you on that for sure.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

It’s not about converting the kids, it’s about the slippery slope of eliminating the separation of church and state and forcing it upon people. This public school. I did not grow up religious at all, and I’m atheist as of now, but if there was a 16x20 in poster of the 10 commandments in my all of my classes, I’d be uncomfortable as fuck. I was also always uncomfortable standing and reciting a pledge of allegiance to the US and Texas Flag, I never did. Weird and culty as fuck.
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AlliedR2@reddit

As though the Constitution is being shit upon by hypocrites.
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DavidTheBlue@reddit

I'm a parent, and happy that my kids have graduated already! Having to display the 10 commandments is BS. The good news is that when the government forces religion on kids, the kids will turn against it.
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puromexi69@reddit

Religion and anything government funded should never mix, the last time it was mixed there a was a war. Now if they insist on teaching it they should also teach the other religions around the globe. But if I'm being honest with myself, that's never going to happen, not the correct way that is
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Kid_supreme@reddit

Hopefully the smarter kids will see this and turn it around as ammunition to aim the politicians. "You shall not commit adultery", "You shall not steal", "You shall not bear false witness".
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Major-Atmosphere-559@reddit

I’m an atheist so I see it as just another poster kids will read & forget about or maybe will actually practice what they say.
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DrunkenDude123@reddit

Religion and the state (including public schools) should remain separate no matter what the religion is
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Msbossyboots@reddit

Thankful that my kids have graduated and left this shitty state
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IndividualFlat8500@reddit

I do not follow all the ten commandments anymore. The Sabbath is on Saturday and I usually go to a church on Sunday. Why not put the Shema up as well. I never agreed with forcing people to all follow the same religion. I remember businesses closing on Sunday due to blue laws. You can't force religion on someone through government mandates.
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username-generica@reddit

I wonder how much they set aside to pay for this. I bet it’s yet another unfounded mandate. 
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bebopgamer@reddit

I'm ok with it so long as each teacher hand carves their own stone tablets in the original Hebrew
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yarmulke@reddit

Why punish the teachers who are already overworked and underpaid for something that they didn’t push for?
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username-generica@reddit

I think Paxton, Abbott, and all of the legislators who voted for it should do it. 
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bebopgamer@reddit

I truly envy those so blissfully innocent that sarcasm escapes their notice
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Ciachef213@reddit

That wasn’t a good use of sarcasm though.
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z_formation@reddit

I’m a parent and NOT religious and I think it’s outrageous. Absolutely inappropriate. From a personal perceptive, I was raised deeply religious (Baptist Evangelical) and deconstructed quite easily. I have no concerns that my own children will think much of any kind of religious display. The 10 commandments are like a silly artifact, trite and obvious at best, of a time when desert dwellers had to tell each other that stealing cattle was frowned upon.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

It’s just strange overall. When I initially asked this question, I wasn’t think about kids getting indoctrinated or whatever, I was just more concerned with why? Why is it mandatory? Why is it so sudden? Why is the government further trying to isolate children with differences? Why is Texas literally the only state to allow this when other states like Louisiana, Florida, and Arkansas are fighting it? Just such a weird thing to pass into a law in a matter of three months, and in a way where citizens were not allowed to vote on the matter?
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alreadysage@reddit

Definitely a weird thing to focus on when kids are dying in floods due to shoddy emergency alert systems, or when we have a measles outbreak, or mass shootings. I can't wrap my head around it. I've stopped trying.
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username-generica@reddit

I’m beyond pissed off about it. 
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chaseacheck100@reddit

I expect everyone down to the principal to follow it. And if they don’t, the Commandments shall be followed.
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zoe_is_life@reddit

My kids are grown so thankful they/we don’t have to live through this nonsense. I am 100% opposed. They want church in school? I want IRS in church!
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Mama_Zen@reddit

Relieved that they’re in college & grad school. Grateful that I teach at a private, non religious school
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FillipJRye@reddit

That it is anti-Christian, hypocrisy. Jesus violates the first commandment, the crucifix violates the second commandment. Anyone that follows Christ is in violation of the first two commandments daily, but believe that they are forgiven by believing in the very thing that condemns them. Texas has one of the lowest education standards in the nation, now the dept of education is being dismantled.. so that Texas can lower the bar further, leading to the desired effect of making public schools indoctrination machines to keep a people stupid and compliant.
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first_follower@reddit

I agree with the cross, but if you believe in the trinity then technically Jesus doesn’t violate the first commandment because he is God. I’m not a Bible thumper by any means, nor do I support this, so please don’t take this as an attack.
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FillipJRye@reddit

I’m an atheist, I never take religion personally unless I am forced to profess my devotion to someone’s lord. I’ve always seen the trinity as a conspiracy to defraud via loophole. Plus the lines from the Bible, “father, why have you forsaken me” pulls the rug out from the trinity debate.
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Competitive-Win-5587@reddit

I'm Catholic. I don't believe it's the state's job to teach my children about religion. The argument that the ten commandments are just good rules to live by completely ignores the first three commandments which are clearly about religion and not just about being a good person. Currently exploring options for a lawsuit. State of Texas can not only stay the hell out of my bedroom but they can stay the hell out of how I parent my children too.
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westex74@reddit

I don’t like it. And I’m a conservative Republican. Just teach my kid to read and write and math. That’s all I’m looking for.
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darkwing--duck@reddit

I'm pretty conservative. I do not support religion in schools. I support education and inclusiveness. Our nation is not "a Christian nation" and I am tired of hearing that. Ours is one with the freedom to choose. Quit shoving that shit down my throat.
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getoffmenya@reddit

It’s ridiculous. Need to have the Bill of Rights instead, even though it’s all tattered right now
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novemberrrain@reddit

I’m a teacher… won’t be happening. Not only is it already held up due to legal challenges, but I don’t obey unconstitutional and amoral laws 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Necoras@reddit

I look forward to the inevitable lawsuits demanding that the 4 Noble Truths or the 5 pillars of Islam be displayed next to them.
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theAlphabetZebra@reddit

I’d rather they just learn language, math, science, etc and not be a pawn in bullshit political theater.
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SadatayAllDamnDay@reddit

Seems like they're breaking the whole don't take the Lord's name in vain commandment.
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MetalGearRex1000@reddit

Honestly infuriating. Not the schools place AT ALL OR EVER to push any kind of religion. Should be neutral ground.
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Never-Say-Never-2luv@reddit

If parents were teaching their kids values at home there wouldn't be a need to reinforce it at school. But we all know that as a whole most kids are exposed to way too much in Society Etc. There are too many Godless children running around who think the world has no God therefore they have no morals or values. I have a child in grade school so anyone can argue that with me all day long but I'm going to tell you point blank 80 to 90% of these kids have no moral values and no value for life in general! So I absolutely believe the ten command should be taught in school! At least it gives some kids who have no normalcy at home no morals that are taught at home no values are taught at home and idea of what morals they should be following! So I'm all for it! It's funny how people want for separation of church and stay and then complain when you have preteen or teenagers going out committing her atrocious crimes with no value for life at all and then you want to cry about how bad Society is crumbling and why kids are so out of control! Who turn into adults that are even worse so ask yourself are you really a good parent? Because if you were we wouldn't have the rise of crime in school-age children that we do!
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thepickledherring1@reddit

I hate it
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BirdsArentReal22@reddit

Dumb when no one in the legislature is attempting to be remotely Christ like. They cheat, steal and judge and do nothing to help the poor or hungry.
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FewAd1484@reddit

I’m not religious but yall are raising some lil demon children this generations kids are terrible. Yall can’t teach basic manners and values so this what you get
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ThisIsMockingjay2020@reddit

🤣🤣🤣🤣 >this generation of kids are terrible Every generation says that about younger generations. 🙄 Boomers and Silent Generations called us Gen X'rs all demon children, too.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Over the years, there has been severe restrictions on sex-ed being taught to kids in school. The Texas Education Agency sets the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, which have historically emphasized abstinence and avoided detailed instruction on contraception or LGBTQ+ issues. Texas is known to have a higher amount of teen pregnancies compared to the national average. Planned Parenthood is defunded, Abortions are basically illegal in almost every sense (even if it’s rape,incest, or fatal fetal formalities). So now we will have people that don’t even want children, who have no concept of proper sexual education, perhaps extremely young, who have no access to safe early termination, and probably are not financially nor emotionally capable to care for a children, and are probably not in a stable relationship with the other birth parent, having multiple kids. That’s a recipe for disaster.
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FewAd1484@reddit

You are completely right that’s what’s going on with the kids today. Not blaming them I’m blaming the parents but I can also see how the govt has contributed to this. It’s crazy.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Yes I agree. This is not something you can simply blame on one factor entirely, this result is just the accumulation of many factors and the consequences that they hold. Life gets hectic and busy, but fuck I need to get more involved into my local politics and being overall more informed on what is going on in my city and state. If I am ever going to have children, this current state of affairs is not it at all.
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mama_emily@reddit

I wish my kids school or teachers would go against it… legality be damned
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ArmadilloGrove@reddit

It was a great way to turn kids away from religion at a young age.
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ThisIsMockingjay2020@reddit

Bonus!
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El-Cocinero-Tejano@reddit

Maybe it’s not so bad then?
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leaderjoe89@reddit

I fear the “my religion needs to be displayed too” crowd entering the building…. What about the call to prayer or clothing vs uniform next..
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ThisIsMockingjay2020@reddit

What's so scary about that?
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Beegkitty@reddit

Can't wait (insert sarcasm here) for the Satanic Temple to sue to have their tenets listed as well. I One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason. II The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions. III One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone. IV The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own. V Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs. VI People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused. VII Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word. Or for the 75 good manners in the Koran (or the pillars) who gets to decide what gets put up?? Brace for wasting of tax payer's dollars in lawsuits.
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ThisIsMockingjay2020@reddit

👏👏👏👏👏
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ThisIsMockingjay2020@reddit

I'm so glad they wasted time and effort on this crucial measure. 🙄🙄🙄
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tisabusyb@reddit

I think the churches should start paying taxes.
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FitPerception5398@reddit

I really don't care. They're good standards to abide by. Do I think that's what my tax dollars need to be spent on or that it's the job of the schools to indoctrinate people? No, tf I don't!
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gr0uchyMofo@reddit

I’m 100% for religion to be excluded from school, to include the religion of LGBT.
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Ill_Acanthisitta7107@reddit

Sick. Luckily I homeschool so I do what I want.
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Dragonborne2020@reddit

I don’t like it all. But then I realized that being displayed is now a requirement but no one said how big the display would have to be or small it could be and no one said what it has to be displayed on. Like black ink on black 3 x 5 card in the back of the classroom by the door.
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DemonaDrache@reddit

It's ridiculous and has no business being in classrooms.
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poptartheart@reddit

when you elect christian extremist they do christian extremest shit
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FreshGravity@reddit

Thomas Jefferson’s famous reference to the “separation of church and state” was primarily about protecting the church from interference by the state, not the other way around. Seems like people wouldn’t use a different phrase if they understood it’s context more clearly.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Yes, he was mainly emphasizing protecting churches from government interference. But also, by supporting the First Amendment, he was affirming that government must remain neutral in religious matters, so no public endorsement of any faith.
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FreshGravity@reddit

Yes, neutral I fully agree. Faith can’t exist if it’s forced.
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Unique-Sense1273@reddit

as a 16 year old in high school i kinda don’t like the idea because in america we have other religions then just catholic. one of the commandments saying there shall be no their god is a bit ehhh cause what if it makes kids have doubt about their religion you know? but i think they should start teach ALL religions in history or social studies because it can benefit the community a bit more.
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SillyFunnyWeirdo@reddit

Horrible idea
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wheeliegooth@reddit

I don't like it.
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hmlittle@reddit

I'm so thankful my son is in college so I don't have to deal with it. But I do think about what WOULD I have done? Hopefully pulled him out to a secular private school or some other alternative option. It's horrible.
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kingbendo@reddit

Great
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wagon-run@reddit

I attended a Baptist Church in Fort Worth and I don’t understand why the legislature found this necessary. No kid is going to happen to read the Ten Commandments and suddenly have a religious epiphany. If anything it would probably turn people away from religion being that it’s now a symbol of political coercion. If people want to learn about the Ten Commandments there are churches, synagogues, and mosques all over the metroplex.
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curiouswizard@reddit

Until someone figures out how to legally or politically fight back against the small-minded whackos in the state legislature, perhaps it's possible to make the best of a nonsensical situation. Teachers should just make a Religions and Philosophies of the World board in each classroom, put the ten commandments in the bottom corner of it and fill the board with tenets, quotes, and cool art from a bunch of other major religions, along with some of the lesser known or more contemporary new age ones, plus historical ones (throw in a bit of the Greek & Roman pantheon, Aztec gods, too) for funsies. And include atheism/agnosticism too. I'm imagining a very vibrant collage that takes a tour through the many beliefs and ideas of people all over the world, and which reflects the diversity of students in the district and their family traditions. Of course, in middle/high school where classrooms tend to be used for just one subject, you'd have to customize it a bit to make it relevant to the class. Math and science classrooms can focus more on the philosophy side of things and display information related to the history of scientific & technological advancement, starting with ancient views of how the universe worked (this is where you stick the ten commandments, like a little aside. a little fun fact about ancient people, a waypoint in the grand journey) through mythological cosmologies to greek philosophy to ancient chinese inventions to arabic mathematics, galileo, the enlightenment and industrial revolution, development and discoveries of the various branches of science. Start the story with ancient prehistoric peoples looking up the stars with curiosity and telling myths to explain the natural world, and follow the thread all the way up to whatever the students are studying in that particular classroom. Literature and History classrooms can pair it with a bookshelf that has a variety of age/grade-level appropriate books that provide more information about world religions, philosophy, mythology, and cultures. Provide them as extra credit resources. These books, and the overall collage, can be curated to provide relevant background for whatever the required reading is in the curriculum. Since most curriculums tend to be focused on western literature and western history, it's easy to fit the Ten Commandments in as one of many examples of cultural influences and context. Art classes, of course, can weave the Ten Commandments into Art History. Simply stick it in a section somewhere between ancient Mesopotamien sculptures and Byzantine and Renaissance art since those are intimately interwoven with judeo-christian ideas. Next to it can be a beautiful display of Islamic geometric art and calligraphy, since Islam also sees Moses as an important prophet, with the Ten Commandments as a stepping stone to the Quran. All of this would be only part of the collage, since there's also plenty of Asian and African and Mesoamerican art to showcase as well as Baroque, Romanticism, Impressionism, Modern, etc etc. Then with other subjects like Health and Shop class and various other electives you'd probably have to get a bit more creative to tie it into curriculum topics. But yea. Anyway **TL;DR** we could actually have fun with this, in the most subversive way. Even the dumbest shit can be a learning opportunity!
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OtherwiseSoftware379@reddit

Hate it.
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lisanolen93@reddit

The kids wont even read that stuff or care idk why they had to put those into classrooms. Probably to flex their conservative values
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Separate-Chart-5597@reddit

Public school teacher here. Would love to post the postulates of Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Satanism, Paganism, Daoism, Confucianism (and any other religious or occult ideology) in my classroom in addition to the ten commandments. Seems fair to me. Why exclude the rest of my students?
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RelativeFlounder8904@reddit

It's disgusting. I don't have an issue regarding individuals practicing whatever religion they want. Schools are the last place that religion should enter into. Especially public schools.
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Antique_Character215@reddit

Fucking disgusted There’s no actual reason for it. And if you must, then the appropriate action would be to post it alongside The Five Pillars of Islam The Yamas The Five Precepts The Eight “I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts” Then maybe it would feel less like the government forcing religion on us This is my own anger personally, aside from considering how it affects my kids or how they feel. I think that’s more important, but not enough time to typeytype
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GoGoSoLo@reddit

*Bad.*
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Delicious-Current159@reddit

If I was a teacher I would put it up and next to it put a chart showing how their God King sees it as a to do list
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CommodoreVF2@reddit

Performative bullshit to make the Gov's right-wing billionaire benefactors happy. Louisiana's law requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms has been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The court found that the law violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. That's likely where this is headed. Once it's struck down, he gets to complain about activist judges and parent's rights and pushes the narrative further to the right. Meanwhile, our kids are caught in the middle. And I get to explain, again, about a vengeful mythological sky-daddy issuing decrees on how people should live. If our government leaders lived by the ten commandments, we'd all be better off.
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xoLiLyPaDxo@reddit

Religion should not be taught in school. Teaching about religions is not the same as teaching religion. Teaching about the many different  religions and their historical and cultural impact is important, but should not be confused with teaching religion or endorsing any specific religion to be taken as "fact". It's not the schools place to indoctrinate or pressure students into any religions beliefs and all religions and lack thereof should be treated equally.
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Im_a_computer-y_guy@reddit

I think it's ridiculous. Representation for all or none.
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Alarmed_Effective_11@reddit

I'm glad my kids are out of HS or I'd be losing my fucking mind.
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CeilingUnlimited@reddit

It’s absolutely ridiculous, against civil democracy and I hope the Spaghetti Monster church sues to have their commandments put up next to Moses‘s.
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CommodoreVF2@reddit

Hotwheels' west Texas Christo-fascist right-wingnut billionaire benefactors think it's a good idea. So it gets jammed down our throat. Fortunately, my kids know white sky-daddy is a myth, and all the rules passed down in his name are tools of repression. If there are questions from them on religion, they get a thorough and well-reasoned explanation from their parents.
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pantyheeliheart@reddit

It's 100% better than displaying all the Alphabet peoples flags and propaganda. At least this teaches them good morals.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

I believe in respecting others beliefs, but I think it’s important to point out that you mocking people in the LGBTQ+ people community calling them “alphabet people” actually goes against the core of what these commandments are meant to teach: love, respect, and compassion. Calling LGBTQ+ flags ‘propaganda’ is dismissive of people who are simply asking to be seen and accepted. Pride flags represent visibility, safety, and dignity for people who’ve faced discrimination for generations. And yeah there’s kids in classrooms who also appreciate these gestures, I know myself and many of my other peers did when I was in school.
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HughJazz123@reddit

I for one want my schools to encourage stealing and adultery. Those 10 commandments really encourage an unhealthy amount of good behavior.
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noncongruent@reddit

> I for one want my schools to encourage stealing and adultery. A better way to promote stealing and adultery in school is to put up large portraits of Ken Paxton and Donald John Trump in every classroom.
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Sea-Dragonfly-3245@reddit

Separation of church and state. It’s wrong on all levels and is an attempt to proselytize children during the most impressionable years of their lives.
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dallasdeadeye@reddit

doesnt matter tbh, i couldnt tell you what was on the walls of my highschool? never looked never cared.
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SweetJeebus@reddit

Pretty fucking angry
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LumpyPhilosopher8@reddit

Absolutely hate it. And it's not because I'm not a person of faith - but because I'm also an American Citizen who values the principle of Separation of Church and State.
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ryoon21@reddit

I’m Christian and I fully support separation of church and state, so this action of forcibly pushing one religion’s ideology on the rest of the state/nation is abhorrent. Want to include the Bible’s 10 commandments? Okay - you should also include those of the Torah, Quran, Hindu ideology, Buddhist’s Noble Eightfold Path, etc. Oh, you don’t want those? Then don’t put up the 10 commandments.
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BrighestCrayon@reddit

Correct me if I'm wrong but the 10 Commandments are in the Old Testament and therefore already in the Torah and acknowledged by the Jewish faith.
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ryoon21@reddit

Yes, the 10 commandments are generally the same as in the Torah, but the Torah also includes up to 613 “commandments”.
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rpiRDAS@reddit

Hope they have enough copies to replace them daily, I know some classrooms that won't last long in.
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Rickleskilly@reddit

I'm not a parent of school-aged children, but I hate it. There are currently at least three organization that have filed lawsuits to challenge this law, and if you'd like to contribute, they all accept donations to help with their lawsuits. "all three organizations involved in the lawsuit (ACLU, FFRF, and Americans United) provide donation options to support their efforts to block the Ten Commandments posting law. If you want to help, their official websites are the most direct route."
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23mou-sapnu-puas@reddit

If parents can take their kids out of classes because of LGBTQIA+ topics, they should take their kids out of anywhere Magic Man In The Sky is referred to.
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Xkwizito@reddit

I feel like I have zero control over anything in regards to what the current state and federal governments do. So I am at the point where my feelings obviously don't matter.
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Jedi71@reddit

It's not what I would want to see in a public school. I didn't like having to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every week in the 70s either.
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mgbgtv8@reddit

A big FU to Hindus, Muslims and atheists.
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strugglz@reddit

I'm waiting for the 1st amendment lawsuits to start. It's religious oppression, and since schools get federal funding, the endorsement of a religion by the government. Sadly, the Right will probably use this to get rid of federal funding in favor of state only funding so they can keep their oppression.
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Bombshell721@reddit

I'm glad my son graduated before it happened.
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firefly11_11@reddit

As a Christian, I am disgusted by this. It’s my job to teach my kids about our religion. It is not the school’s job to be shoving my religion down someone else’s throat.
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dboygrow@reddit

Only YOU get to indoctrinate your children, amiright
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firefly11_11@reddit

Huh? Well, they are MY kids, so yeah, I can teach them whatever I want. You know, things like kindness, compassion, and manners. And that the earth is round and vaccines save lives. Stuff like that.
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dboygrow@reddit

You teach them to respect science alongside indoctrinating their worldview into an anti scientific religious one?
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firefly11_11@reddit

Hey friend, I work with science every day. I work in clinical research helping develop new drugs/devices/technologies to help people. So, big fan of science here. My belief in something bigger than myself is my choice. My choice to teach my kids the foundations of Christianity is to provide them a moral compass for life. I do not believe that the Bible is a factual document, but rather a collection of stories to try and help us be better people. Does it include some awful stuff written (and then interpreted) by men who didn’t have the best intentions? Yep, absolutely, but it’s also up to me to understand that this document is pure fiction and to parse out the BS. Do people use this text to further their own hateful agendas? Yep, and I don’t associate with those asshats. There’s a bunch of reasons not to like religion and you are welcome to your opinions on this topic. However, I’m entitled to my opinions and my choices on how I raise my kids. When/if my kids tell me that they don’t want to practice my religion, I’m going to respect their decision as they would have come to their own conclusions through their own experiences. Not all people who are Christians are bad. There are some of us who actually walk the walk.
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dboygrow@reddit

I didn't say Christians are bad, I'm saying that religion in general is not an evidenced way of thinking and instead teaches the opposite, that you should have faith. If you look around the world it's clear the religion and critical thought are sort of anti thetical. If not, then why do you have to teach your kids religion? Why not teach them the value of skepticism and critical thought and they will reach the most logical conclusions on their own? If you can read the Bible, discard the stuff you don't agree with, and take the rest, then why do you need the Bible at all? You don't need the Bible to have empathy, kindness, respect, etc. Those things exist completely independent of religion. If you know the Bible which is the source of your belief system is pure fiction, then why believe it? Why teach it? It just doesn't make any sense. When it comes down to it, Christian belief is the belief that you will go to hell if you don't accept Jesus, or god, or St Mary, or any other variation of Christian thought. Are we really giving out children freedom of thought if we instill the belief in them that they are going to hell for having different beliefs? And if you don't believe that, then how are you actually christian? The existence of heaven and hell and original sin is a central tenet of Christianity, is it not? I'm.just saying, people indoctrinating their children into religion is exactly how we get lawmakers that do all this bullshit.
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firefly11_11@reddit

Lawmakers who use their religion to make policy decisions are awful. I would rather there be a more open and transparent process for documenting policy choices. With all our connectedness, our elected representatives should be able to send us a poll on all issues, and then based on those results, cast their accordingly. I know this is fantasy and I know my elected representative (I didn’t vote for him, but he’s what we got 😑) 💯 of the time voted the opposite way of what I’ve asked him to do. I agree with you that our political system has been taken over by religious nut jobs and I want them out of office as much as the next person. You made a bunch of great points about religion in general, however, you keep discounting that it’s my choice to follow my religion. The reasons for my beliefs are my own, and I respect your decision not to follow any religion, so I would kindly ask that you respect mine. The thing about belief and faith is that they are not quantifiable and this is frustrating for people who only trust what they can prove. And there’s nothing wrong with demanding to have proof — and I demand documentation/proof of information at work every day. However, I can separate my work from my personal life and accept the duality that I am both founded in religion, but also founded in science.
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dboygrow@reddit

I don't even demand proof, just some sort of actual tangible evidence that this religion as opposed to the thousands of others which all claim to be right, is actually right. And I'm well aware it's your choice, I'm just questioning those choices, not trying to take the choice away from you. And I don't really see the need to respect others beliefs simply for having beliefs, I think they should have merit and be dependable to be respected. Nazis had beliefs too. I don't expect you to respect my beliefs. I don't really have a belief where God is concerned, my position is "I don't have any idea and neither does anyone else". And I think there is a vast difference between not knowing and not believing something and "there is one true God and you're all going to hell for not accepting him". Hard to respect that tbh. I respect people though, just not necessarily beliefs.
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SentimentalSaladBowl@reddit

Christianity is not anti-science. Some “Christians” are, but they are misguided and, well, a bit stupid.
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dboygrow@reddit

How is it not anti science? The Bible, which Christianity is based on, makes a whole lot of anti scientific claims. And are they misguided for taking the Bible literally? How does one tell the difference between what is meant to be taken literally or metaphorically? Couldn't one argue one is misguided more for picking and choosing what they like from the Bible and discarding the rest, since it claims to be the written word of God, which they believe?
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bananabob23@reddit

You’re the reason people laugh when I say I use Reddit
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dboygrow@reddit

You could try coming up with a coherent argument as to how that's not the case.
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Hesozpj@reddit

It’s hard to discuss anything in the US without labeling it left or right. This political divide has seeped very deep into every figment of American life. This tight-coupling of right wing fundamentalist ideals with Christianity means that Christians on the left have to work really hard to “re-brand” Christianity either has an apolitical “Separation of Church and State” entity or itself emerge as a visible ideal like right wing Christianity has. For many, Christianity is already a “family-value, anti-abortion” silhouette of right wing politics while the its opposite or the left is labeled as inherently anti-religious or at least incompatible with literal interpretation of the Bible. I am sure there are many Christians who strongly believe in Separation of Church and State, after all that’s the foundation of this nation. The oxymoron is how can a nation so individualist and so big on Libertarianism be so Christian? I am not surprised, however, since many in my church, who don’t have time for news and current affairs, voted for Trump simply because Republican is the party of Christian values and Trump is good for the Church same way Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is good for the caliphate. But at least Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi actually believed in his terror, unlike these charlatans.
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Ok_Education9679@reddit

It pisses me off! No church doctrine should be displayed in a public school.
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okichi@reddit

Look forward to seeing how much this will cost tax payers in total.
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KuramaReinara@reddit

My brother who has elementary aged children is agnostic and is opposed Mom, who is Christian, thinks it's stupid and only for show, believes pushes more people away from the religion
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classielassie@reddit

Not a parent, thanks chronic illness, but most of my immediate and extended family were teachers in public schools. I attended both a private "christian" and public school and the education I received in the public school was far superior, simply by removing the religious bias and actually teaching the facts. Forcing one religion on anyone is abusive and violates the why and how this country was formed. I hope the smart folks saying stunts like this "is evidence of the evangelical patriarchy's dying gasp by grabbing at power" (paraphrasing) are correct. The political posturing and wasting of taxpayers' time & money on lawsuits to fight this nonsense needs to end quickly and the finding of its unconstitutionalness is so spectacularly devastating to the pushers' reputation and finances that no one even thinks about trying it or anything close again. These politicians learned nothing from history.
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Poison_Ivy_Nuker@reddit

I will be telling my daughter that it's just mythology. That's how I deal with religion. She learned all about old gods through stories growing up. The Catholic god is in the same realm. I tell her to always respect people's gods but they don't affect her at all.
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okichi@reddit

Wife and I are not religious, but I let my kids decide on their own. I try not to give them too much of my opinion. as long as they have a good foundation in math and science. The push from these last few years by religious fanatics have changed my stance.
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Relevant_Call_2242@reddit

What hapoens when children who come from non Christian homes come to school and debate it or denounce it, are they subject to punishment or trouble or even discrimination?! This is such bull shit
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AstronautOk5736@reddit

I’m a teacher and i’m dreading this. I wonder what could happen if you didn’t put it up in your classroom…
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Right? Like who’s going to even enforce this? We can’t even keep kids in classrooms safe from mass shooters so….
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AstronautOk5736@reddit

Exactly. Admin staff has enough on their plates! I’m sure enforcing this isn’t going to be on the top of their list.
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tturedditor@reddit

Hopefully the courts will strike it down. It's interesting the people behind this are the same ones trying to ban books. Yet they want the word "ADULTERY" to be on the wall in classrooms K-12.
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FAILURE2FALL7@reddit

Kids need to be KIDS and left alone. There is no reason to stuff their heads full of religious bullshit. Let them learn and grow and decide for themselves what they want to believe. Just because your parents destroyed your life with religion as a child doesn't mean that has to continue. I'm a firm believer that you don't have to be a christian (or any other religion) just to be a good person. Hail Satan! 🤘🤘🤘
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BrighestCrayon@reddit

"Kids need to be KIDS and left alone." CPS might disagree.  
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FAILURE2FALL7@reddit

Please elaborate. 🤦
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BrighestCrayon@reddit

No. It was a joke, learn to laugh.
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FAILURE2FALL7@reddit

Haha?
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3-DMan@reddit

They should put a TV next to it looping Mel Brook's dropping the last 5 commandments!
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Snobolski@reddit

My kids are grown, but I wouldn't've liked it if they tried to shove this down our throats when my kids were little. One of my kids' spouses works at a church school and *they* don't have the 10 commandments posted *anywhere.*
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WillCommentAndPost@reddit

It’s a terrible idea, school is for education of non religious means. If you choose to be religious that should be done in the home or in the house of your religious body NOT in a public school.
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lilboytuner919@reddit

I’m sure parents on the Dallas subreddit hate it. Not sure about Dallas parents in real life.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

It’s possible that some parents aren’t even aware of this. In Texas, ordinary citizens cannot directly vote for or against state laws like Senate Bill 10 that decided this in the first place. This was introduced in Feb of 2025, passed Senate in March of 2025, and then passed House in May of 2025. Kind of ridiculous how quickly they can pass things like this, then drag their feet with so much more important issues.
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DismalHornet9774@reddit

When I was attending a private catholic school I would see them all over classrooms (no problem with me, I get it). Once I transferred to public school (high school) I didn’t see the 10 commandments in any classroom (no problem I get it). Seems kinda weird for them to portray them forcibly in a public non religious school. But that’s my take…
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organictexas@reddit

Love
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Likeminas@reddit

It's a very Texas thing to do. Texas, in this context, is a placeholder for a worse adjective.
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fordprobegt@reddit

Yall are so beyond brainwashed. The message within - to not lie, steal, cheat, etc - is still good regardless of what your religion is.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

Sure, The Seven Tenets of The Satanic Temple are also generally good principles to follow as well, but if that were posted in a classroom, people would be throwing absolute fits and causing an uproar.
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challahbee@reddit

Am a high school history teacher and a Jew. Considering it my duty as both of these things, as well as a citizen, to put up a sign next to them pointing out that display of the 10 Commandments is a direct violation of my students' constitutional right to a separation of church and state.
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hackerjackn@reddit

As a junior high teacher, I have been looking for a response. I like this idea (plus putting up the major tenets of other religions next to it.
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challahbee@reddit

yeah. i like that idea too. it's something the social studies team at my campus has been discussing angrily for months. solidarity ✊
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DerpVaderXXL@reddit

It will not matter unless they actually teach the kids to read.
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chiarde@reddit

If nobody can recite the Ten Commandments to me by memory— and I’ve NEVER had anyone who could ever do it— it does NOT belong in a public place, let alone a school. If they aren’t going to put up the religious bullshit/nonsense from other NON-Christian religions, then it is pure indoctrination of other peoples’ kids. NOT OK. Not by a long shot. Rip that stupidity down. Man does not need Christianity to be moral, as shown in thousands of years of history.
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clockness_evertea@reddit

if you’re gonna include one, you need to include all.
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idespisemyhondacrv@reddit

Catholic here… it’s great but isn’t this illegal based on the amendments? Also free will. If I want to spread the gospel I’m inviting someone to church, not posting the 10 commandments
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silentlynumb@reddit

Glad my kid isn't in school anymore bc id be pissed
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AccomplishedLove6169@reddit

Is what it is… If it’s not something you agree with just reinforce that your kid doesn’t have to abide by it for their own religious reasons. If you believe in it then it’s right there. I think as a society we pick and choose the lesser evils to complain about. Kids are being exposed to much worse things than religion in school, they’ll be fine.
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its_kgs_not_lbs@reddit

Not a fan of it.
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somethingxfancy@reddit

Listen man, I’ve had a lifelong love-hate relationship with this state that has been predominantly ‘hate’ until the past few years. But this makes me *hate* living here for real. We have a tentative goal of moving to California after I finish my degree and the kiddo finishes elementary, but the space and backyard of the house we just started renting makes me reconsider that since it’s extremely unlikely we’d be able to afford anything like it out there. And this is making me RE-reconsider leaving. Can’t win man
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mansonsturtle@reddit

Complete hypocritical Christian sharia horseshit.
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floopyferret@reddit

I’m Christian but if they do this, they should also display the other religion’s tenets.
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HawkmoonsCustoms@reddit

The kids’ll have something to read when they get put on active-shooter lockdown and cell service gets disrupted. /s
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DarthYodous@reddit

Demand they post the Beatitudes instead or at least also
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poop_monster35@reddit

I hate it. What purpose does it serve? The US doesn't even have a national religion! It's a clear violation of the separation of church and state. If they want the ten commandments then I want ALL religious commandments posted along with it including The Eleven Satanic Rules which ends with "When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him."
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Arrmadillo@reddit

Texas Rep. James Talarico called out the 10 Commandments poster mandate for being unconstitutional and un-American. YouTube - [Texas Rep. James Talarico (D) Questions Republican Bill Forcing Ten Commandments To Be Displayed In Classrooms](https://youtu.be/we0b04Qbbvc) (2:10) “And I say this to you as a fellow Christian. Representative, I know you're a devout Christian, and so am I. This bill, to me, is not only unconstitutional, it's not only un-American, I think it is also deeply un-Christian. And I say that because I believe this bill is idolatrous. I believe it is exclusionary. And I believe it is arrogant. And those three things, in my reading of the Gospel, are diametrically opposed to the teachings of Jesus. You probably know Matthew 6:5 when Jesus says ‘Don't be like the Hypocrites, who love to pray publicly on street corners. When you pray, go into your room and shut the door, and pray to your father who is in secret.’ A religion that has to force people to put up a poster to prove its legitimacy is a dead religion, and it's not one that I want to be a part of. It's not one that I think I am a part of. You know that in Scripture it says ‘faith without works’ is what? Is ‘dead’. My concern is that instead of bringing a bill that will feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick, we're instead mandating that people put up a poster. And we both follow a teacher, a rabbi, who said don't let the law get in the way of loving your neighbor. Loving your neighbor is the most important law. It is the summation of all the law and all the prophets. I would submit to you that our neighbor also includes the Hindu student who sits in a classroom, the Buddhist student who sits in a classroom, and an atheist student who sits in a classroom. And my question to you is, does this bill truly love those students?’ Candy Noble (R-Lucas) ‘I’m going to go in a different direction than I think that you are trying to lead me.’
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valiantdistraction@reddit

gross
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Blah-B7ah_Bloop@reddit

As a Baptist I see it as a violation of the separation of Church and State and am appalled
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Current_Wrongdoer513@reddit

I feel grateful that my last child graduated from a Texas public high school in 2020, and my last one graduated from a Texas public university in May. I've already got one of their uteruses out of Texas. Just trying to get the other one safely out of here as well.
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AdPrevious2668@reddit

I’ve been a proud Texan and Dallas Native for all 35 years I have walked this earth. I always told everyone that I would die here. The rest of the world was for vacations and visits but Texas was my home and would be forever. That is until the last 4-5 years when every time I saw my state in the news my head hung ever lower, my pride chipped away as we lead the charge backwards. Away from multi-culturalism, away from inclusion, away from sanity and reason, away from the future and America that I was promised as a child in the halcyon days of the 1990s. This law, and others that I fear are to follow if it is allowed to stand permanently, have caused my wife and I to make the painful decision to start the process of uprooting our family to leave for bluer pastures. Something that makes the inner version of every previous life stage of mine scream out in despair we now view as the salvation of our two young children who have not yet reached the ago to attend public schools. I am not a Christian, I am not religious, but I do respect religion and others traditions as sacred. These type of laws are a slippery slope that easily leads to litmus tests based on religion for jobs, loans, housing, healthcare and educational access, really anything that isn’t produced by a singular individual. I will not lie about a faith I do not hold to save myself for I find that to be beyond blasphemous to the faith in question. So we will leave and hope that one day we can be proud to be from Texas again, even if it’s from afar.
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PureTank0@reddit

My wife & I are Texas lifers looking to leave -- mostly due to the Abbott/Patrick/Paxton desires to infringe upon freedoms, but also looking for a cooler climate (especially July/Aug 🙂🥵).
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Arthurs_librarycard9@reddit

I don't think it is appropriate for public school. To add to that, if you are okay with displaying the 10 Commandments, then you should have no issue displaying tenets of other religions in the classroom.
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Various_Summer_1536@reddit

I can’t wait for my kid to come home and ask me what “adultery” means. We are going to tell them we don’t know and to ask the school principal.
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goodjuju123@reddit

Or ask Ken Paxton?
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Various_Summer_1536@reddit

Thanks for the awesome handwriting assignment idea!
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Admerr@reddit

It’s bullshit. Separation of church and state is deteriorating before our eyes.
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HintzOfTrouble@reddit

As someone who disagrees, with all forms of religion, I hate it. That crap has a time and place, and it’s not during school. Sorry not sorry.
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WhataboutBombvoyage@reddit

who on earth wanted this???
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aeriecircus@reddit

I can’t think of anything more relevant when my son starts kindergarten than “thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife” and “thou shalt not commit adultery”. It’s stupid, wasteful nonsense.
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imperial_scum@reddit

Yet another decision being made in schools that has nothing to do with education or even religion itself but is political in nature. But shhh shhh can't make everything about politics.
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10_96@reddit

I'm just so glad that we have all the other problems with education solved and that the most important thing we can focus on now is classroom decor guidelines.
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RelativelyRidiculous@reddit

The same way I feel about any attempt to proselytizing to anyone anywhere ever in public, except more so because on top of my own dislike this is actively against the Constitution. So clear it means nothing to these idiots. I hate everything about this timeline.
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Pale-Succotash441@reddit

As a blue dot that grew up in a solid red county in the 90s, teachers already did this without asking nor did they care about the consequences of their actions. I remember them also putting up Christmas trees in class as well.
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sun827@reddit

I think its handmaids tale level bullshit. Im glad my kids are already almost out of the system. Its been bad enoguh with just other kids constantly espousing their fire for their sky god, now we've got teachers and the state trying to force their imaginary friend on everyone. Fucking baptists and their "good news" bullshit. Stop with the recruiting.
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vinhluanluu@reddit

I went to a Catholic High School that had a lynch mob as a mascot (they’ve changed it since), even they didn’t have the Ten Commandments up anywhere that I can remember.
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rob2722@reddit

Don’t care one way or the other. Kids will notice it once and pay no attention to after. The time Austin spent passing this, could’ve been used for something else.
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jjmoreta@reddit

Glad that we hopefully won't be in this state anymore by then (we won't be missed I'm sure). I believe in separation of church and state. Period. If you're going to put the tenets of one religion up on display, as a Texas parent, I demand a bulletin board with all of them, including the Five Pillars of Islam, the Buddhist Eightfold Path, the Humanist Manifesto, the Eight I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts and the 11 Satanic Laws. And any others my fellow parents think would be useful for their children to be aware of.
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East_Director_4635@reddit

I don’t understand why it’s even a discussion still. SEP. A. RATION. OF. CHURCH. AND. STATE. YALL. This shouldn’t even be up for debate. It’s a glaringly and unsettlingly clear violation of our constitution. In fact, since the majority of Americans seem to lack a basic knowledge of our constitution, why don’t we display that instead?
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seamus_mcfly86@reddit

I hope they enjoy dealing with my kids disrupting class over it.
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ramennumerals@reddit (OP)

That’s the problem though, I’m sure most teachers are equally as upset/confused/irritated about this as well. The class itself shouldn’t be interrupted, teachers already have so much on their plates that is out of their control, they’re just trying to do their jobs. We need to be annoying the FUCK out of our state representatives and senator. Email, Call, Schedule Meetings if you have the time.
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gotthesauce22@reddit

I think teaching kids the history of a religion should come before teaching them its rules, and the focus shouldn’t be solely on one faith. It’s a big world after all.
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kakurenbo1@reddit

A teacher: *resfuses* School: *fires teacher* Union + ACLU et al: *lawsuits* Texas GOP: *folds like tissue paper the same as last time they tried this* Same show different pony. Actually it’s the same pony but it’s in a wheelchair now and the rodeo is owned by fascists.
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Trooper057@reddit

It's an empty, vain, politically motivated gesture that harms who and what it claims to protect. The people who support the idea are morons who would go to hell if hell were real. Instead they already live in a reality-based hell that confuses and scares them. Christ weeps for conservatives in their self-imposed suffering and deluded, corrupted faith.
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JuniorPomegranate9@reddit

I think my daughter is going to hear a lot more at home about freedom of religion and separation of church and state 
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TxGrdnChk@reddit

The hypocrisy of the elected officials is unfathomable. Do as I say, not as I do.
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bluewhalespout@reddit

Would love to see theology added to public school curriculum, but the Ten Commandments next to the flag is antithetical to religious freedom.
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FluidFisherman6843@reddit

I am good with it, if there is a real time scorecard next to it showing how many and which ones each elected official from school board members to the president has publicly broken. Let the kids see that this is all performative bullshit.
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SunMyungMoonMoon@reddit

Someone needs to start tencomandmenttracker.com to keep running tabs on all the sinners
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hobk1ard@reddit

Lol, that would be an amazing way to get fired. Particurally if you have evidence of every tally to back it up.
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RealDonn11@reddit

I'd be more impressed if the parents knew and followed those commandments.
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DivaMissZ@reddit

Very happy that I do not have a school-aged child in Texas
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Hermit-The-Crab33@reddit

Are they also sharing the ideologies of Islam, Buddhism, Hindu, etc? I already know that answer, but Texas is a melting pot, and I’d be okay with my kids learning the basic ideals of every religion. What’s currently occurring is self-centered bigotry.
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SentimentalSaladBowl@reddit

The absolute disrespect and disregard for the CONSTITUTION of the United States is appalling. It goes against everything we are supposed to stand for as a country.
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FacePaster@reddit

It’s ridiculous and stupid.
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Tight_Cat_80@reddit

I’m an atheist and It makes me cringe. There are so many other things that should be in school versus a portion of the populations “beliefs.”
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Complete-Pudding-799@reddit

It's idiotic, that's what.
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GurrenLagann214@reddit

It'll help build character so im for it.
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Ocean-lover23@reddit

Maybe us teachers should put some examples of each of the commandments up along with the list. We can include some of the hypocrites like Paxton and Trump as non-examples of people following the Ten Commandments.
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YOLOSELLHIGH@reddit

I’m not a parent but when I heard the news I knew I would move away from Texas if I ever had kids 
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Hopeful_Reporter6731@reddit

This is a generational thing. I was born in 94. In elementary school we had a moment for prayer during the morning announcements. Nobody caused an uproar. It was eventually just a moment of silence. I’m pretty sure the 10 commandments in school during that time too. I can imagine other millennials and gen z parents being upset over this, especially if they don’t remember a time when school had religion in it at some point. As Christian, I don’t care either way. I don’t think anything bad will come from it, but that’s my opinion.
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pistachiodisguysee@reddit

Unconstitutional
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Gileotine@reddit

It's not gonna make the kids study any harder and I doubt it will make them feel more safe
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mylinuxguy@reddit

I'm not happy about it. Not sure how it goes with the separation of church and state concept. Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. It would however, be nice if the "thou shall not kill" and "thou shall not steal" things just sort of be a default behavior in our society.
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csonnich@reddit

When it falls off the wall, I'm not putting it back up. It can sit in the pile til next year. 
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slowro@reddit

My terrible prediction is it's going to normalize one belief system over others. Then those other kids might get picked on for not being "normal"
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neogeek23@reddit

As an agnostic/atheist, I couldn't care less... if a poster from 2000? 3000? years ago was more convincing than you... well, that sounds like a parenting skill issue.
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MRAGGGAN@reddit

I’m atheist, and I’m pissed about on behalf of the catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and all other different religious kids that will be going to school with my child. It’s absolutely bullshit.
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NightGod@reddit

Performative posteuring, which is basically the headline for mainstream Christianity in 2025, so I guess it tracks
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Alpharias13@reddit

The hypocrites forcing their beliefs on everyone.
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bendybiznatch@reddit

There’s plenty of good Christian teachers, but we all know there’s some certified whackos out there. You really want them teaching your kid their variety, which even if Christian could be very different from yours?
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No_Drag_1044@reddit

The worst thing about this is that it’s political suicide to propose to remove them. It would have to come from a devout Christian Democrat ex pastor in Congress or something to lead the way for it to succeed. Either that or a federal judge.
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HBKdfw@reddit

It’s another step toward the GOP goal of christofascism.
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SipoteQuixote@reddit

I grew uo Christian. The type these people are, evangelical basically. Its all just marketing, the churches are dying, less people giving money, and guess what, churches support politicians with donations as well under corporations. They want the churches to thrive because at the end of it all, they just want money.
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TheBookie_55@reddit

Absolutely Ridiculous
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MikeFromSuburbia@reddit

I don’t have kids and it’s disgusting.
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Tolingar@reddit

The state is wasting even more of my taxpayer dollars on their virtue signaling that will just get rules unconstitutional like all the other attempts at this. You want to combat government waste, then stop doing stuff to waste our money.
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Anon31780@reddit

It’s red meat for the base; at best it distracts from the incompetence, and at worst it distracts from the ghoulishly evil stuff. 
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CelinaAMK@reddit

I guess the fact that this country was founded on the separation of church and state has kind of gotten lost….. Not against anyone’s faith, but in PUBLIC schools , this doesn’t apply to Jewish children, Muslim children, Hindu children. Buddhist children……. Although the US is considered a predominantly Christian country for the sake of argument, the founding principle of separation retreat church. I guess we have to change our site system from be believing that we live in a democracy (although we live in a republic) the fact that we actually live in this a theocracy . PS my AutoCorrect tried to change the word theocracy to Idiocracy! Oh, the irony!
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Fabreezy28@reddit

As a Muslim parent whit a kid in public school who would try to follow them all, it’s wrong. Don’t force your religious beliefs of anyone
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Ocean-lover23@reddit

As a teacher and parent, I’m not happy about it. Get ready to see another mass turnover of teachers.
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Kennygwhiz@reddit

I don’t see how this can be legal.
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tristand666@reddit

The law no longer matters to those in charge, especially when they can pretty much get away with anything and still get elected.
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shacklefordRussTee@reddit

What I wouldn’t be opposed to is a list of “10 ways to live a fulfilling life and not be a crappy person”. Same list, same outcome, but wouldn’t be forcing “religious” doctrine on people who didn’t ask for it.
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PlayfulOtterFriend@reddit

Frustrated. I strongly valued the separation of church and state, and I hate seeing it destroyed. Further, churches are everywhere and already provide religious education — there is no gap that needed filling to get kids exposed. This is all about posturing. It’s 7 Mountains weirdness, and it’s only going to get worse.
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r6fordays@reddit

I think it's wild. Trusting someone else to teach your kids YOUR OWN faith??? Wouldn't parents like some control over this? In fact, I can't believe the woke teachers will be instilling core Christian values in our own kids without parent supervision. UNACCEPTABLE! Haha jk, this is weird in the land of the free where you can practice any religion but when kids go to school they won't have a choice. I have no pony in this race as I have no kids but that doesn't mean I believe in compromising rights and freedoms of Americans. America appears less American with each week that passes.
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tristand666@reddit

Unconstitutional.
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shacklefordRussTee@reddit

I feel like everyone is pissed about “religion in schools” and I understand that POV. What I wouldn’t be opposed to is a list of “10 ways to have live a fulfilling life and not be a crappy person”. Same list, same outcome, but forcing religious views on people who didn’t ask for it.
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yarmulke@reddit

Performative bullshit because Christians can’t actually follow the teachings of Christ
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Similar-Stable-1908@reddit

Separation n of church and state used to be a ting in this country. They are publicly funded schools so nope.
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cheknauss@reddit

So stupid. There are way more than 10, and besides that, it's yet another stupid, ignorant thing that Christians are pushing that doesn't even make sense. Covenants aren't something you can just brute force your way into being a part of. If you read your Bible, you'll understand this. You don't simply say... Ok, I want that, and then pretend to be a part of it and then reap the benefits. That's not how it works, but that's how Christians act like it does. The covenant they're pushing isn't even one they were invited to join and be part of. It was specifically to the children of Israel, basically descendants of Abraham. You don't just simply hop onto that bus with the rest of them. In fact, if you're calling yourself a Christian, you ought to know that a different covenant is what you're supposed to believe in, and you ought to understand that circumcising yourself or your children has no benefit whatsoever, and that you're essentially just trying to carry a weight that is impossible to lift, and you should know that that was one of the conclusions that the actual members of that covenant were supposed to come to. If you're actually a Christian, you ought to understand that you have much better things going for you. Things which that old covenant was never supposed to do and actually wasn't able to do. Why, then, are you so stupidly trying to promote the old one that you're not even a part of, and are putting into schools so that children have to deal with it? Ignorant. It's only due to a fundamental lack of understanding, then, that so many government officials and supposed Christians, in general, support Israel's Zionist agenda. Like... You don't even understand what you're doing. You're just ignorantly doing it because you lack insight and want to piggyback on something, even though it's the wrong thing.
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Blondie0179@reddit

Religion poisons everything.
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MeN3D@reddit

Very unhappy
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thephotoman@reddit

Why do these people think that the Ten Commandments are the foundation of a Christian worldview in the first place? It’s almost as though none of these Republican electeds have engaged significantly with the religion they like to coöpt and pretend to follow for pandering purposes.
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SeaEvent4666@reddit

I AM a Christian and I don’t like it. It’s hypocritical. Public school is not for any religion. I wouldn’t want anything printed on walls related to Muslims, Athiest, Judaism or any religion so why should Christian stuff be on there. So weird. Now private schools can do whatever they want. But not public schools. 
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yamorondog@reddit

I think it is dumb pandering, but I don’t really give a shit. It’s not going to result in anything. We have late elementary and junior high kids and I guarantee they wont care at all.
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Lonely_Refuse4988@reddit

Those who oppose this insanity of Christian Taliban in US should lobby to ensure that the punishments, for breaking the commandments, are highlighted fully too!!! In most cases, the Old Testament details the punishments for breaking any one of the commandments as DEATH!! That would fully highlight the absurdity of the commandments! 🤣🤷‍♂️
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nonamejd123@reddit

Not a parent, but I really think we should just put up Carlin's two commandments and move on with our lives.
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frenchezz@reddit

Matthew 6:6 These devout Christians can't even follow their own religious teachings...
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powerbelly51@reddit

As a Christian I am completely against it.
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betdis@reddit

If I can’t fight this with my vote then I am teaching my high schooler and middle schooler to ask why on the Ten Commandments is says “Thou shall not…” (meaning it is not a suggestion) yet the current “Christian” administration has violated 8 out of the 10.
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PureTank0@reddit

Well, it's blatantly unconstitutional, but given the Texas Taliban's social agenda, it's not exactly a surprise. Hopefully it will get swatted down in a court, just as it has been the countless number of other times it's been attempted. And, if that's the case, why aren't Republican constituents angry at all the time, effort, and money spent on this ultimately futile effort? What if the time, effort, and money had been spent doing something that would actually, I dunno, *benefit* schoolchildren? Or, if not to benefit children (because that might result in critical thinking skills that would lead a person to not so willingly swallow Republican bullshit), then how about funding something based in fear-mongering and hatred, but can at least be packaged as something offering value to Texans, like "border security "?
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jcmach1@reddit

I prefer my constitution raw. Get that shite out of here
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Im_just_saying@reddit

As a clergyman, I think it is ridiculously stupid.
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sealclubberfan@reddit

Complete waste of time and effort to get this thing passed. I hope teachers actively put up lines from the Quran right next to the ten commandments.
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LittleSubject9904@reddit

Irritable.
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PinkMelaunin@reddit

Not a parent but it's antithetical to the freedom of religion principle
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