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So, even within Christianity, the Ten Commandments aren't precisely the same across traditions — the text is translated and even *numbered* differently. This law appears to mandate the KJV version — a Bible translation entire Christian traditions reject. apnews.com/article/loui...
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into lawapnews.com Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. Republican Gov.
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These laws mostly follow a single template/model legislation that uses the KJV-ish but not KJV language promoted by the Fraternal Order of Eagles in conjunction with Cecil B. DeMille's movie promotion. It's an edited and paraphrased KJV pastiche written by a Minnesota juvenile court judge.
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Gotta say I don’t love that we’re all the way back to having conversations I swear I remember from your blog during the Bush years.