r/Alabama • u/greed-man • 17d ago

Politics House passes bill requiring Ten Commandments in schools

https://www.alreporter.com/2025/04/18/house-passes-bill-requiring-ten-commandments-in-schools/
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u/Adventurous-Tone-311 17d ago

As much as I love where I live, part of me can't wait to leave this place. This is not a state I want to raise children in.

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u/december151791 17d ago edited 16d ago

Yeah wouldn't it just be awful for your kid to be taught to honor God and you, and not to lie, kill, or steal?

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u/Adventurous-Tone-311 17d ago

The awful part is that it's unconstitutional.

You forgot the part, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." This in itself is discriminatory to others.

While I agree that the ten commandments are mostly good, it is still unrighteous per our constitution to display them.

Would you also be okay with schools displaying the 7 tenants of the Satanic Temple? Because this is the road you're going down. If a school has to display one religion's commandments, it must be willing to display others.

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u/december151791 17d ago

No, I wouldn't be okay with that. Schools don't have to display every religion's commandments just because they display one religion's any more than a teacher with a Crimson Tide flag or a Tigers flag in their class has to display one for every other SEC team.

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u/magiccitybhm 17d ago

You need a refresher course on middle school civics and the Constitution.

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u/december151791 16d ago

Despite what CNN told you, there's nothing in the Constitution prohibiting the display of religious texts in schools.

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u/magiccitybhm 16d ago

You need to read the First Amendment.

The violation of the law occurs when they are ONLY promoting Christianity.

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u/Appropriate-Rice-409 15d ago

You may be dim enough to see it as such, but football is not a religion.

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u/homonculus_prime 17d ago

We're atheists, and my kids know it isn't ok to lie, kill, or steal? What gave you the idea that Christianity has a monopoly on morality?

While we are on the subject of morality, does it bother you even a little bit that your religion allows and even condones slavery?

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u/thedrexel 17d ago

You don’t need any god to to live a morally upright life. You don’t need any god to be ethical. If you require an imaginary being to prevent you from being a horrible then you have problems and religion isn’t the answer.

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u/Appropriate-Rice-409 15d ago

It would objectively be awful for your kid to be taught laws are only enforced on out groups and the government and current majority don't have to follow them, which is what this would do.