Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns

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https://apnews.com/article/ten-commandments-louisiana-public-schools-religious-views-7c4af860da21df52c304346fab76c4ae

Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns

BY HOLLY MEYER AND PETER SMITH
Updated 8:38 AM EDT, June 29, 2024

Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana.

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What version is Louisiana using in its public schools?
No Bible translation is named, but the Ten Commandments in the Louisiana law appears to be a variation on the King James Bible version and listed in the order commonly used by Protestants

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The version in the Louisiana law matches the wording on the Ten Commandments monolith that stands outside of the Texas State Capitol in Austin. It was given to the state in 1961 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a more than 125-year-old, Ohio-based service organization with thousands of members. In 2005, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled it did not violate the constitution and could stay.

The Eagles did not respond to The Associated Press’s request for comment, but the organization notes on its website that it distributed about 10,000 Ten Commandments plaques in 1954. The organization also partnered with the creators of “The Ten Commandments” to market the film, spreading public displays of the list around the country, according to Kruse, who wrote about the relationship in his book “One Nation Under God.”

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[Deep State Witch]

1. LA Is Majority Catholic

From what I understand, Louisiana's religious makeup is majority Roman Catholic. Yet they are using the KJV - Protestant version of the 10C.

[peppertree]

4. From my days in Mi'ssippi, I recall it being mentioned that only one other state had a more powerful KKK:

Louisiana.

They don't consider Catholics Christians, really - but rather "apostates."

[cyclonefence]

2. But doesn't this open the door

to all kinds of religious dicta being required to be displayed in classrooms? Like Hammurabi's Code (the "an eye for an eye" guy) and the even more ancient code of Ur-Nammu. And what about the Upanishads and moral code from the Koran? If every religion whose adherents want their laws to be exhibited in public schools, isn't it unconstitutional to allow some and not others? How about the Church of Satan?

And the Ten Commandments isn't, of course, a Christian document. Jesus said that all the law and the prophets hang on two rules: Love God and love your neighbor. Period. Anything else is, one might argue, anti-Christian.

Buddhist prayer wheels on the roofs of all public buildings, how about that for a compromise?

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

3. The easiest way to derail this christofascist stupidity is ...

to get the religious nuts fighting one another. Various groups will insist that their version is the "true" one. Covert Democratic dark money front groups should fund lawsuits by the various groups against each other to make sure that the students of Louisiana are exposed to the "true commandments." This could tie any implementation up in the courts for years on end. To take it a step further, well-placed agents could call upon the "flocks" to fund their legal actions, depriving them of funds they could otherwise spend on other malfeasance targeted at us infidels and apostates. When it looks like it's about over, do the "big reveal" and let them know who it was behind it, causing at least some leadership to resign. Ba-da-bing, ba-da-boom