Utah House committee approves Ten Commandments bill despite constitutional concerns

https://www.ksl.com/article/50879994/utah-house-committee-approves-ten-commandments-bill-despite-constitutional-concerns

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nnullzz@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 2y (4 replies)

The Ten Commandments are a “historical document”?! Then where the hell is the original one at? This is the equivalent of teaching the Necronomicon In school because it’s also a historical document.

Stovetop@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y

Might as well include the Hammurabi Code as well.

Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

IA! Fthagn!!

No seriously, I want that and the sign posted in stone.

Just because I'm major fan (Gotta include Matt Ruff's work too fixing his....errors) doesn't mean I can't smoke you at Lovecraft Letter & Fluxx and welcome you into a Lovecraft/Mage:tAs/Firefly 'Verse TTRPG.

boringbisexual@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y

You have my attention

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 2y

When I read this I thought they were adding the ten commandments verbatim to the body of law

ares35@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y

they don't care. they read the constitution like they do the bible, or even just the list in it they proclaim to love so much. just a few bits and pieces--whatever happens to suit their agenda at the time.

intelisense@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y

The Magna Carta? "If a man dies owing money to Jews, the debt is cancelled" or "No widow shall be compelled to mary"? Somehow, I think the first is more in line with their philosophy... maybe "Heirs may be given in marriage, but not someone of a lower social standing".

How utterly bizarre... besides the fact hardly any of it is still in force even in England!

eighthourlunch@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y

Silly rabbit! The Mormon theocracy has no constitutional concerns. The only representation they care about in government is their own.

Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Cue a TST plaque in 3... 2... 1...

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Plague?

I’ll have you know, TST is not the plague! They’re the plague plaque doctor

(I should not lemmy before coffee, heh.)

Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 2y

That was good, you had me looking for typos!

oDDmON@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Dogma over duty will be the death of us yet.

Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

They're in a rush to beat Baking the planet, CSAI, Bio-/Tech- virus, etc. etc.