Religion in schools begins - Texas

I hope there is a huge lawsuit. I think I'll make a donation to the ACLU.

Damn, I am glad I live in Minnesota. (That doesn't mean I don't care what happens in other states)

such nonsense. and it just keeps getting worse. I'm in Florida- and that's all I need to say.

LOL--I live in Texas but was in Vancouver last weekend and now I'm trying to figure out how to convince y'all to let me move there!

I live in Texas. I have lived in other states. Do y’all seriously think Texas is the only crap state around? A lot of the same crap goes on in other states too, just no one really points it out. Carry on, carry on!

Living here in Texas, we really don’t have all the issues that get pointed out. It really is the same as living everywhere else. There really is politics of some sort going on everywhere at any given time.

As I said, it’s unlikely to pass, but I find it hilarious that the same people who get offended if you read a book with two dads now want us explaining to six year olds what adultery is.

Wonder what teachers will tell the kids? Will they explain 'graven images'?
Worshipping the 'golden images'?
Adultery?
Thou shall not kill? Of course it's ok to kill with a gun!
Honesty?

Same.

I have lived in Arkansas my entire life. Went to public school. Prayers in school was a thing.

Band director would always lead a prayer before halftime show. Every one. Head football coaches would preach and lead a prayer after every game. It might not have been publicly encouraged, but it sure as hell wasn't publicly discouraged either. It made me uncomfortable, though a defining moment of my 10th grade year happened during a prayer huddle after a football game.

If this passes I too will be making a donation to the ACLU.

It might seem “normal” or like anywhere else right now. But we can’t normalize what is happening in Texas and other red states in regards to human rights, democracy, and so much more. What they are doing is infiltrating every aspect of society. You might not recognize that now, but we all certainly will if this continues.

And of course there is politics going on everywhere. In Florida, they are proposing taking away kids who are trying to get gender affirming care, ad well as their siblings. In my state today legislation was passed that protects people who come here for gender affirming cafe. Our legislature is working to ensure people’s rights-not just those who live here. And trying to combat all of the crazy that is happening elsewhere, along with making lives better here in Minnesota. I am so thankful that our governor, house and senate are all led by democrats right now.

As a Floridian, I sympathize. So. Much. Insanity.

I feel sorry for the elementary teachers who have to explain
‘Though shalt not covet thy neighbors wife’ without breaking their other rules about not talking about sex.

Your sentence that I bolded is exactly it. I feel like I can't ignore stuff because that's how they'll get away with things, when the rest of us aren't paying attention. But on the other hand it sure does raise our stress levels to read it all. 

So you’re saying all the reports of racist, transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic actions by the state/local government in Texas is “fake”.

The fact that you actually typed that sentence is so deeply disturbing. Ma’am you need deprogramming stat.