States cannot tax citizens for evangelistic purposes. It is well-established in the courts. It is a violation of the establishment clause and a gross violation (yes, I said a violation) of religious freedom…you know, to practice a religion that isn’t a Judeo-Christian one. Facts.
Isn’t Christian. It violates the judeo part. Also the Christian part. Some people get touchy about thier version of the Bible
Which courts? The current 6-3 court?
Spoiler, Walters is 100% buying the Trump Bibles anyway. All this does is open the bidding a tiny bit more. Sure, someone can do a FOIA request and ask to see the bids, but they’ll ignore it. The Oklahoma State AG is currently sueing the Oklahoma State Department of Education for ignoring the AG’s own information requests. It’s just $5-6 million for Trump out of OK schools. But hey, it’s one of the best school systems if you flip the list up side down.
Sometimes I try to imagine what life could be like if people weren’t constantly doing everything they can to break and exploit our system…
It’s not even plausible to imagine a world where people aren’t trying to break and exploit economic or government systems. It’s like an ecosystem where there are always plants and animals trying to find new ways to gain advantage, even if it involves full-on parasitic behavior. The only thing we can do is try and design a government dynamic and robust enough to respond to the most dangerous and aggressive mutations.
No government, big or small, should have even the slightest hint of anything to do with any silly religious texts. Ever
Religions are just cults with enough followers and political capital that calling them what they are is taboo.
Hard to avoid completely when teaching history that is the result of people’s beliefs in those texts, or functioning with believers of those religions as members of society. Comparing historical laws that were based on religion, the similarities of creation myths, and so on are solid educational topics when presented from a neutral position and always including multiple religions as examples.
No government should ever promote them or use them as justifications for anything in a government or educational program though. Especially anything that might elevate one above the others.
The request was amended Monday and no longer requires the Bibles to include U.S. historical documents
Really went the wrong direction on that one. It isn’t the Constitution or Declaration of Independence that are problematic.
