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TexasTowelie

(111,312 posts)
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:45 AM Jan 2019

Mississippi May Mandate Ten Commandments and Pledges to State, U.S. Flags in Schools

JACKSON — Mississippi law would require schoolchildren to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and see the Ten Commandments be displayed on public-school walls under new bills in the Legislature this session, requirements that may violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. One would also require Mississippi teachers to teach Mississippi's pledge glorifying the state flag, which contains the Confederate battle emblem in its canton.

State Rep. Credell Calhoun, D-Jackson, introduced House Bill 427, which would amend the Mississippi Constitution to mandate that public-school teachers and principals must display the Ten Commandments. It would require that school officials display the religious laws "on an appropriately framed background with minimum dimensions" of 11x14 inches in all classrooms, auditoriums, and cafeterias, alongside the motto, "In God We Trust."

Students would have to recite all 10 commandments within the first hour of class each morning. Any teacher or student who objects to reciting it would be excused "without penalty" from reciting the pledge.

Calhoun is a Missionary Baptist who sits on the House Education Committee. He introduced a similar bill last year, but it died in committee.

Read more: http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/jan/17/mississippi-may-mandate-ten-commandments-and-pledg/

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Mississippi May Mandate Ten Commandments and Pledges to State, U.S. Flags in Schools (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2019 OP
Separation of Church and State. democratisphere Jan 2019 #1
Freedom From Religion Foundation has won many spooky3 Jan 2019 #2
WTF? Introduced by democrat?? AlexSFCA Jan 2019 #3
Must be easy Thunderbeast Jan 2019 #4
Which version? safeinOhio Jan 2019 #5

spooky3

(34,303 posts)
2. Freedom From Religion Foundation has won many
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 04:04 AM
Jan 2019

similar suits. I hope Mississippi taxpayers object strenuously to the likelihood of many of their tax dollars’ being wasted on litigation, if this passes. And kick the ignoramus out of office!

Thunderbeast

(3,383 posts)
4. Must be easy
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 06:18 AM
Jan 2019

to be a lawmaker in a state SO PERFECT that the legislature can solve such pressing problems. Mississippi must be GOD DAMN UTOPIA!

Who knew?

Full disclosure....My state just passed a law making it legal to eat road kill.

safeinOhio

(32,531 posts)
5. Which version?
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 07:12 AM
Jan 2019

Which of the commands did Jesus consider the most important?
None of them and all of them! When asked what the greatest commandment was (Matt. 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34), Jesus actually quoted the Shema, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind" (Deut. 6:5) and Lev. 19:18, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Although neither of these are in the Ten Commandments, they summarize their content. "Love God" is equivalent to the first four commandments, and "love your neighbor" is equivalent to the last six.

The Bible actually contains two complete sets of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17 and Deut. 5:6-21). In addition, Leviticus 19 contains a partial set of the Ten Commandments (see verses 3-4, 11-13, 15-16, 30, 32), and Exodus 34:10-26 is sometimes considered a ritual decalogue.

Then there are the different Bibles.

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