Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schools.

The ruling sets up a potential clash at the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue in the future. Arkansas and Louisiana have passed similar laws, which have also been challenged in courts.

And Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a similar law earlier this moth.

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[–] 34 points 6 months ago (12 children)

It's been a busy week for the 5th Circuit, also affirming the Earth is flat, guns are people, and New Coke was actually quite tasty.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (11 children)

    If guns are people, and we're allowed to own guns...

    Slavery is legal again folks!

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    Slavery was never made illegal in the US

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    Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

    Bolded it for you. If convicted of a crime you too can be a slave.

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    Yeah, nah, laws banning slavery shouldn't have an asterisk and the US is pretty fucked up for that

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    ALSO...As of 2022, several states, including Alabama, Tennessee, and Oregon, passed measures to update their state constitutions to remove language allowing slavery as a punishment for a crime, while Louisiana did not. 

    Bur ya know who cares about progress

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