What’s the harm of some left-leaning school Principal or University Professor actually stationing a Braille version of the Ten Commandments in his/her classroom?
Civil disobedience. Let them litigate the meaning of "large, easily readable font” or maybe make an issue out of access, and place the print version in a much less conspicuous location than the Braille version.
Laying back and praying for the US Supreme Court as currently constituted seems naive and misguided to me.
The case is bound for the Supreme Court, and precedent is not on the side of (those who believe in the) angels on this one.
So … why not?
I’m pretty sure the Louisiana Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired (LSDVI), located in Baton Rouge receives public funding.
Maybe they start there, and see if it gets any traction elsewhere.
That Governor is all “Don’t look behind that curtain!” Meanwhile, he should really focus on some more pressing issues (but, I guess he’s got nothing for these problems, other than “cut taxes” and prayer):
Louisiana is the 3rd poorest state According to World Vision, poverty is defined as a “lack of access to basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter.” The term can also apply to those whose conditions prevent them from acquiring education, medical help, or stable employment due to a lack of money.
Louisiana sucks hard on the Federal public teat 7. Louisiana (Tie) Only one other state - namely, Wyoming - relies on the federal government for more of its revenue than Louisiana, which relies on the federal government for 52.27% of its money. The Pelican State also receives $1.60 in federal funding for every $1 it pays in income taxes, the seventh-most across our study.
No, that would be fine- as long as there was a sighted version.
Yeah, the state really has issues.
4th highest smoking rate (West Va wins! ) and the weather is gonna get worse and worse. Florida is having issues also, but at least being poor is not one of them.
My suggestion in the Stupid Republicans thread: Put the Ten Commandments in Hebrew, since they’re only binding on Jews, anyway. Above them, in English, put the Seven Commandments, because those are the ones that are supposed to be binding on everyone. And then, underneath the commandment to establish rule of law, put in explanatory text about how our rule of law prohibits displays like this.
I’d remind them that one guy who got crucified got a lot of great PR from it. I’m not a-skeert of them folks. Actually, I have family down there, including a sister who’s a retired teacher and a niece who teaches high school. They do a lot of eye-rolling at their governor and would probably let me hide out for a while.
What happens if I post the 10 Commandments flanked by Hammurabi’s Code and The Code of Lipit-Ishtar, and the rest of the whiteboard/wall covered by the 613 Jewish commandments and entitle the whole display as “Historical Codes of Behavior”?
I note that the posters won’t be funded by the government, but by private donations. Who determines which version will be used? If I make my own poster that uses the Catholic version of the Ten Commandments instead of the Protestant one, would I be breaking the law if the official poster is the Protestant version?
Who determines whether the Exodus or Deuteronomy version is used?
Does the law specify how teachers should respond when an eight-year-old asks questions about the adultery in the seventh commandment, or the coveting of your neighbor’s wife in the tenth commandment?
This kind of argument will get zero traction with the Christofascist morons who are the target audience for this posturing, because they believe, quite explicitly, that it’s the godlessness that is creating their suffering. Cut secularism’s throat and soak everyone in the holy blood of Jesus, they say, and all those pesky crime and drug problems will disappear.
Fortunately for Bobo, there’s nothing in there about “Thou shalt not take in hand thy boyfriend’s privy member during a performance of Beetlejuice: The Musical”.
Depending on one’s definition of “historical”.
AIUI there’s no evidence that any part of the Moses story, from his birth to the Exodus to his mountain getaways with Yahweh to his posthumous authorship of parts of the Torah, areactually historical.
) and the weather is gonna get worse and worse. Florida is having issues also, but at least being poor is not one of them.