They don't mind sharia law as long as it's their christian nationalist flavor of it.

I'm ready for Shakira law whenever, wherever.

So if they aren't adhering to the Constitution, then why should they keep benefiting from any part of it? Why should they even be part of the Union?

I would be fucking FURIOUS if I was a tax payer in Texas. What a shithole.

There’s nothing better for turning Christians into atheists than making them actually read the Bible. I approve.

Yeah, well at least it's not some Middle Eastern religion, with funny hats and a sacred book, that builds big towers to noisily advertise itself to the people around it...

Oklahoma was all set to hand out the Trump Bibles, at full retail cost of $60 per. But they got talked down from that.

Oklahoma also has an anti-establishment clause stronger than the one in the US constitution. That would have probably helped get in the way.

Wouldn't it be nice to separate religion from the government

The Christan Taliban are rather active in the US.

Damn Texas really looks like a shithole

In my Texas high school, many decades ago now, my English teacher made us read the bible, saying that it was only for its literary and historical value. It had nothing to do with how she was an extremely religious Mormon.

Apparently.

At least it wasn't the official curriculum. Just her being an awful human.

but it's "our flavor of sharia law so it's good".

This can't be real. Tell me this isn't real.

It’s wild that Texas even wants to mandate a reading list at the state level. Aren’t there just simple regional differences to account for?

I wouldn’t expect a school in San Diego to mandate reading John Steinbeck whose stories are mainly set in Central and Northern California for example.

The irony is that might even produce more atheists than not reading the Bible, especially depending on which sections they read. That book is fucking awful and most Christians don't actually know what's in it...

Closer?

That is literally Sharia law (at least what bigots think sharia law is)

I wonder if all those SECOND AMENDMENT nutballs in Texas will get just as worked up over the FIRST AMENDMENT being violated here

All it takes is the Insurrection Act, to force this shit on all 50.

Good, do it.

There's no better way to raise a generation of atheists than reading the Bible. It's ridiculous.

Never got the idea of 'studying' a book when no one in the room has read it front to back, even the priest.

If you want a solid leg-up on Christians, "I have" is the best comeback to "read the Bible".

Unpopular opinion but I think the bible should be taught in schools not as indoctrination but discussed and covered. It really is a foundational document of Western Civilization.

Reading fiction was required in my schooling as well. This particular thing doesn't feel that different.

If it moves on to mandating prayer and citing a pledge daily, well that would be a wonderful time for protest or violence.

Okay but the last part of this sentence doesn't adhere to anything.

What are we talking about?

And once we figure that out, is it in a way that the believers will understand?

And if not, are you armed?