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

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Mandatory "one nation under god" pledge in school classes disagrees that religion cannot be established.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The pledge isn't mandatory. By law, it has to be optional. Schools have gotten in trouble over it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Don't bother. Every time you point out they say something that isn't true, they change the subject.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

There are so many cases of promoting Christianity by the US government, a few cherrypicked cases of "trouble" doesn't disprove any of this.

"As a matter of historical tradition, the words 'under God' can no more be expunged from the national consciousness than the words 'In God We Trust' from every coin in the land, than the words 'so help me God' from every presidential oath since 1789, or than the prayer that has opened every congressional session of legislative business since 1787." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance#Legal_challenges

Also, the US print religious indoctrination on their currency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I'm not arguing for religion to be in school. I'm just saying what's there is already bad enough without making stuff up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Its also said "with liberty and justice for all" during a time where people kept literal slaves, without a hint of irony.

The wording far too inconsistent and vague to be taken as literally as you're attempting to take them.