Crash Course: Louisiana's mandatory Ten Commandments law invites the Supreme Court to impose more theocracy

Christian nationalists might as well force Trump Bibles into in every classroom, too Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoV-I_P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZmF0ZzIzam9zdC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Nm56b3l2dnpzayZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmdEVddWbOUhBAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRoV-I_P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMWpxN3cweXFsdi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Nm56b3l2dnpza1cDc3BjQgpmdEVddWbOUhBAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoV-I_P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYWpzMmhhMWtmcy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Nm56b3l2dnpza1cDc3BjQgpmdEVddWbOUhBAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoV-I_P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMGVkaDZvbzY0Ni8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Nm56b3l2dnpza1cDc3BjQgpmdEVddWbOUhBAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoV-I_P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvd3VobnIxNTl4Zi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Nm56b3l2dnpza1cDc3BjQgpmdEVddWbOUhBAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoV-I_P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvajB5bm5ndDRxOS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Nm56b3l2dnpza1cDc3BjQgpmdEVddWbOUhBAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Louisiana's mandatory Ten Commandments law invites the Supreme Court to impose more theocracy From Amanda Marcotte: Even in passing this law, Louisiana Republicans are violating the spirit of "honor thy father," as they thumb their nose at the men they love to call the Founding Fathers. [The founders were quite clear in their intentions](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoV-I_P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMXQ5OXFuM3Blcy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Nm56b3l2dnpzayZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmdEVddWbOUhBAUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) for a secular state, in no small part to avoid exactly the conflict that is being teed up here. 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