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To Shalt or Shalt Not [1]

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Date: 2024-06-25  

Louisiana ranks 50th in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 best state rankings . The Pelican state placed 50th in crime and corrections, 47th in education, 46th in healthcare and 49th in the natural environment. It was also 49th in the economy, 41st in fiscal stability, 49th in infrastructure and 44th in opportunity. Subsequently, Gov. Jeff Landry ordered that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all the state’s public classrooms.



If I had to guess, displaying this religious text won’t improve the conditions in his state. Still, it could lead to some interesting lesson planning:



“Students, your first assignment relating to the new 10 Commandments posting will be to take commandments 3 through 10 and name six Louisiana Republicans who have violated each one. While this seems easy, you must cite sources for each commandment violation. There will be extra credit given for each politician who spoke hypocritically about their specific sin before they were exposed as having committed it. So don't forget those hypocrisy extra points!

“As for the first commandment, you probably noticed that it's not actually a commandment but, rather, a declaration of being. “I am the Lord, blah blah blah...” The second commandment says don't worship anything else instead. Taken together, there's nothing that says you have to believe in ANY God! So you atheists in the class have nothing to worry about.”

Governor, can I get an Amen?



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