(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Blatant Defiance of the Separation of Church and State — The Week in Editorial Cartoons (Update #5) [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-23 Manual Updates Posted Here Update #5 — 4:40 pm ET A Terrible Idea Honor These Three Young Men … and thousands like them who fought entrenched interests to expand freedom for all of us. x Remember and honor Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner and the price they paid when they were murdered in Mississippi exactly sixty years ago today while fighting for all of our voting rights: pic.twitter.com/saOBjhTzBd — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 21, 2024 Added — 4:48 pm ET I didn’t know until just a few minutes ago that Michael Schwerner was a childhood friend of former Labor Secretary and noted public intellectual Robert Reich. In this video, he recounts what his friend meant to him. x 60 years ago today, the Klan murdered three civil rights workers in Mississippi. One of them was a childhood friend. I'd like to share what he meant to me. pic.twitter.com/AqTAi3kwhd — Robert Reich (@RBReich) June 21, 2024 Update #4 — 4:22 pm ET A Blast from the (Very) Distant Past x The Solution Update #3 — 4:10 pm ET Ha! Supreme Interference x Etta Hulme, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (2005) pic.twitter.com/d90xrz6pkk — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) June 23, 2024 Update #2 — 3:40 pm ET Buffoons Guilty, Until Proved Innocent x Mike Smith, The Las Vegas Sun pic.twitter.com/8hSZDe88qA — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) June 23, 2024 Update #2 — 3:36 pm ET A Bit of Advice for Moses x Arie Van De Graaff #10commandments pic.twitter.com/HKFh0nFXhg — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) June 23, 2024 He’s Just Lying In 1980, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Stone vs Graham case that posting the Ten Commandments in Kentucky public schools per state law violated the US Constitution’s Establishment Clause of the First Amendment for it promoted religion. The case was filed by a parent, Sydell Stone, against James Graham, the Superintendent of Public Schools in Kentucky. A God-Awful Idea in Louisiana x Louisiana will require public schools to post the Ten Commandments https://t.co/LoDiS0SfMi pic.twitter.com/YntVGP8CD4 — Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) June 19, 2024 This country's religious pluralism tradition is perhaps the most cherished and quintessentially American. One need not be a credentialed historian to know that basic fact: the pilgrims came here in the early 1600s to pursue religious freedom and tolerance and have the freedom to also not formally adhere to any organized religion. By and large, this country has stayed true to that ideal for over four hundred years. It isn’t unusual to travel to large urban centers and see a Christian church, a Jewish synagogue, a Muslim mosque, a Buddhist or Hindu temple, and revered symbols of other religions close to one another, perhaps even in the same city block. Their mere presence also does not demand acquiescence to any beliefs these religions offer. By definition, true religious freedom requires the separation of church and state. It simply means that there is no official national church nor excessive governmental involvement in matters of religion. Maintaining it requires work, effort, and serious dedication to preserving what is best about this country and is incumbent upon all of us. Dissent is a concept at the heart of this country’s founding in the 18th century, and tolerance of opposing religious or non-religious views has been accepted widely. It should continue to be the norm for all Americans. Otherwise, factionalism and fragmentation will tear the country apart into smithereens — a political condition in which the sum of the parts will never be greater than the whole. And that is very un-American. An article in New York magazine explains why Louisiana passed a law in defiance of this celebrated tradition. The law requires all state public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom. x John Darkow, The Columbia Missourian pic.twitter.com/nGtHBGfkcq — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) June 21, 2024 Louisiana’s Republican governor, Jeff Landry, has signed a bill into law that will require the state’s public schools to display a version of the Ten Commandments. He wasn’t coy about his rationale. “If you want to respect the rule of law, you’ve got to start from the original law-giver, which was Moses,” Landry said at the signing ceremony. The bill’s supporters were equally blunt. “I’m not concerned with an atheist. I’m not concerned with a Muslim,” said state representative Dodie Horton, who wrote the bill. “I’m concerned with our children looking and seeing what God’s law is.” Others claimed the law was not “solely religious” in purpose. Rather, the Ten Commandments have “historical significance, which is simply one of many documents that display the history of our country and foundation of our legal system,” said a Republican state senator… x Amen ⁦@JohnFugelsang⁩ pic.twitter.com/9Nly4L7YZ2 — Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) June 22, 2024 Why display the Ten Commandments? Likely for several reasons, but among the most compelling is a thirst for sectarianism. Christian nationalists are looking to score points against their foes — and win an ideological war in the process. If America is a Christian nation, nobody else truly belongs. Not atheists, not Muslims, not Jews, not even other Christians who disagree with their interpretation of the Bible. That’s a lesson Louisiana Republicans hope to impart to Americans as children. Philadelphia’s nativist riots remind us where sectarianism can lead. Louisiana’s new law may not lead to physical violence against religious minorities, but it does perpetuate violence of another sort: It’s a brute power grab. It says everything about where Christian nationalism is right now and where it’s headed next. Attribution: Mrs. Betty Bowers @BettyBowers The MAGA Martyr x Some also have visions of grandeur. pic.twitter.com/TiX1oTNpwY — John (repeat1968) Buss (@repeat1968) June 22, 2024 Christian Nationalism x Compassionate Conservatism x Remember the Sabbath by keeping the first four albums holy. pic.twitter.com/lohDRK3htP — Jesse Duquette (@JRDuquette) June 22, 2024 Attribution for the above cartoon: Jesse Duquette @JRDuquette R.I.P. Bill of Rights Louisiana Lightning x Two of the Trump approved 10 commandments that will be on display in every Louisiana classroom. (Toon from 2018) pic.twitter.com/4PUztDnthX — Adam Zyglis (@adamzyglis) June 20, 2024 The Ten Commandments — With a Few Amendments x Republicans should put these commandments up in schools -- my cartoon from 2018. pic.twitter.com/mu5IKLVKg4 — Phil Hands (@PhilHands) June 21, 2024 Told Ya! SCOTUS Adrift R.I.P. Willie Mays and Donald Sutherland Two accomplished men and decent human beings passed away this week. The world is lesser because of their departure from this good earth. Their contributions, however, will live on for future generations to admire and emulate. x Willie Mays wasn’t just a singular athlete, blessed with an unmatched combination of grace, skill and power. He was also a wonderfully warm and generous person - and an inspiration to an entire generation. I’m lucky to have spent time with him over the years, and Michelle and I… pic.twitter.com/tpO3O9B9yc — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2024 The Greatest Catch Ever Made in Baseball You can see the video of this famous over-the-shoulder catch by baseball great Willie Mays by clicking this link. It came in Game 1 of the 1954 Baseball World Series. Mays and the New York Giants swept the favored Cleveland Indians 4-0 that year. x #baseball #williemays #giants pic.twitter.com/VXRDTz10jX — Randy Bish (@Bishtoons) June 19, 2024 It was a play that is as famous as any in the grand history of baseball and was memorialized at the time by the Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Brickhouse, who said: "Willie Mays just brought this crowd to its feet with a catch which must have been an optical illusion to a lot of people!" x Cartoon pic.twitter.com/jjh43ZJqoO — Bill Bramhall (@BillBramhall) June 19, 2024 One of the Greatest Baseball Players Ever Read and watch a lot more about Willie Mays on Major League Baseball’s official website — Willie Mays, a baseball giant, dies at 93. The Pride of New Brunswick, Canada x Growing up, Donald Sutherland was the most famous person from New Brunswick. This was from my book "You Might Be From New Brunswick If..." pic.twitter.com/5OGj7v5zRE — Michael de Adder (@deAdder) June 21, 2024 A Fine, Fine Actor and Human Being x #Cartoons - Cartoon by cartoonist Terry Mosher on the death at 88 of our Legendary Canadian actor #DonaldSutherland. Known to Canadian & worldwide movie lovers for roles in films such as: #TheDirtyDozen-1967, #MASH-1970, #OrdinaryPeople-1980 and more: https://t.co/uTykO519NC https://t.co/wAukpzp7TN — TOnian 🏹 (@TOnian_Samuel_M) June 21, 2024 During the years of the Vietnam War, Donald Sutherland also became famous as an anti-war activist, one who always championed the cause of peace. In the below video, he talked about “the futility, stupidity, and horror of war.” x The book Donald Sutherland is talking about is Dalton Trumbo's 'Johnny Got His Gun' - the best anti-war book ever written. Go in peace Mr. Sutherland. https://t.co/xvcHr1quBS pic.twitter.com/0wDLwa0A43 — 'Abbey' (@DaveRhody) June 21, 2024 Read this long tribute to Donald Sutherland’s career as a consequential Hollywood actor and political activist in Rolling Stone magazine. It also includes video clips from several of his memorable performances — Donald Sutherland, ‘Klute’ and ‘Ordinary People’ Actor, Dead at 88. Sutherland had a long career in movies, television, and theater. Surprisingly, he never received an Academy Award nomination; awarding him an honorary Academy Award in 2017 was Hollywood’s acknowledgment of this oversight. The diary poll has most — if not all — of his major movies listed. 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