When history teacher Chris Dier sued Louisiana two years ago for mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms, he said it was not about taking a stand against Christianity.

“It’s a defense of many different types of values, including civil liberties and religious freedoms,” Dier said, who teaches at a New Orleans high school. “I spent over 16 years teaching students that the constitution protects everyone of every faith – students of no faith too.”

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[–] 12 points 1 month ago

My first thought was that there is a gulf of difference between display, and display respectfully... But seriously how does anyone take their religion so seriously when it's so obviously a fragile veneer, if your beliefs are that brittle maybe time to start challenging some assumptions.

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