Georgia legislature consecrates "10 Commandments"

[Seven]

The Ten Commandments… is the foundational moral code for our nation.

God Damn Jesus Christ on a stick. Last sunday at work I was thinking about how I lied during confession to the golden calf about boinking the lady next door the same day I was taking pictures of her house (I have plans to build one just like it because it’s a REALLY nice house).

Ok, that’s not true. I never had sex with her.

I saw her beat her kid that day.

Ok, I lied about that as well.

I did screw her sister though. Don’t tell my wife.

Oh, never mind. If you’ll excuse me I have to take a dump.

Shit! I’m out of toilet paper. I’ll just use this old picture of my mother to wipe my ass.

[Mellivora_capensis]

@Lynn Bodoni

…choolate…

Is that the stuff you eat when you wait for a train that doesn’t arrive on time?

[zagloba]

Although I don’t see this language in the measures posted on the GAGA Web site, the measure is supposed to authorize display of the 10Cs in any courthouse in the state, and from what was said, apparently copies of the 10Cs, along w/ copies of the Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence will be distributed to all 159 counties in the state.

The Mayflower Compact? How does that get dragged into all this?

[Weirddave]

@BrainGlutton

Yeah, well, considering the current (new) composition of the SC . . .

While Roberts and Alito might have tipped the court in the direction of being a lot less likely to legislate from the bench, I see no indication that they wouldn’t strike down patently unconstitutional garbage like this down, just like previous courts. What evidence have you got that they won’t?

[tdn]

@Sampiro

PS- If I were in Atlanta I’d call for the death penalty to be given to the next legislator found guilty of adultery, working on the Sabbath, saying “G’dam!” or anything else forbidden on the stones. After all, if they support it then it should only stand to reason they believe it should be enforced, and the penalty was usually death.

Personally, I’d send death squads door to door to private residences, arresting all who have pictures of God or Jesus.

Yep, now unconstitutional.

[Homebrew]

@honeydewgrrl

Welcome to my world. Or rather, welcome to the (comparatively) progressive city I call home, which also happens to be the capital of a not-very-progressive (what? me? understate?) state.

When I lived in the Metro area, I always felt like I was going back in time one year for every mile I traveled outside the Perimeter.

[ReuvenB]

I actually read this thread this morning, and saw a GA State House Representative while I was driving home from school. I flipped him the bird.

[kaylasdad99]

@aldiboronti

Originally Posted by [banned poster] (alteration by me – kd99)

I heard only 2 naysayers. One asked why the GAGA thought we had time to consider this measure when there were more pressing issues such as education, poverty, and infrastructure to be dealt with. The other pointed out that the measure was pointless and would surely be costly b/c SCOTUS would certainly deem it unconstitutional. The TV cameras showed shots of assemblymen laughing at the assemblywoman who made the latter argument.

They were surely laughing at the assemblywoman’s naïvety. Of course they knew SCOTUS would strike it down. The measure was political theater and the audience their constituents at home. That was the whole purpose of the measure.

In other words, politics as usual.

Can a resolution be found to be in violation of the U. S. Constitution? Is there even a mechanism by which this misbegotten pile o’ crap could be subjected to SCOTUS scrutiny?

[jayjay]

@kaylasdad99

Can a resolution be found to be in violation of the U. S. Constitution? Is there even a mechanism by which this misbegotten pile o’ crap could be subjected to SCOTUS scrutiny?

That depends. Was this just a “resolution” like the one that declares May 3 to be State Peach Grower Day or was it an actual enabling law that says courthouses, schools, and government buildings may display the 10 Commandments? Because if it’s the latter, it’s going to see the inside of a courtroom before the echoes of the nail being hammered to hang the first framed Decalogue fade away.

[Frank]

@XWalrus2

I actually read this thread this morning, and saw a GA State House Representative while I was driving home from school. I flipped him the bird.

They assume you’re pleased when you do that. The angry constituents fire bazookas.