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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oooook, that's legit not something Florida can rule on. Its in direct violation of their own state constitution.

SECTION 3. Religious freedom.—There shall be no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or safety. No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.

If belief in God is a religion the belief in their adversary ie. Satan must also be a religion. Ie. Either both are religions or neither are.

Notably there's more evidence that by Floridas definition that Christianity isn't a religion given its support of violent prostilyzing, child rape, and incest.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Leftists: try and get these jobs and teach kids liberation theology, bonus points for smuggling Marxist critique into sermons

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What about the Church of the Subgenius, the Discordians, and the Pastafarians?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What about the God-Biscuit?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Jeff is doing ok.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is a textbook example of the "establishment of religion" prohibited by the First Amendment.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Laws for thee not for me!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago

the TST is technically a religious institute so uh. Good luck have fun.

I think the COS also is but fuck the COS the COS can eat dick.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 6 months ago (2 children)

In the article he says "Satan has no place in our schools" but what is Christianity without Satan?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Pretty much the same, actually. The only practical difference in teachings would be "people do bad things because they are fallible and have free will" vs "people do bad things because they are fallible, have free will, and have this guy trying to pervert their sense of morality constantly."

Of course I think most churches get their teaching on Satan from Dante's inferno more than they do the gospel.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago

Same as it is without...insanity

[–] [email protected] 69 points 6 months ago (1 children)

DeSantis conveniently didn't mention Mosque leaders as teaching the kids. I wonder why that was. Does Florida not recognize Islam as a religion? Or did he just not want to point out that was a possibility...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

Does Florida not recognize Islam as a religion?

This is, unironically, an argument American conservatives are making

Or did he just not want to point out that was a possibility…

There's two prongs to this kind of assault. The "we're just opening the door to religion in schools" angle uses liberal egalitarianism to shoe horn in reactionary ideology. Then the "they're too dangerous to let near your kids" angle is used to pry rival ideologies away.

What you end up with is a singular "safe" educational platform that just happens to be Ron's favorite flavor of white supremacy, with any other belief categorized as a form of subversive or derogatory hate speech.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago

If you’re not the proper government mandated religion, you’re not welcome in Florida.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don’t believe Christianity is a real religion. Do I get to ban it from my business?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My deeply held belief is that their is not now nor has their ever been any God in this reality, can churches please be removed from any street I drive down?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm cool with them having buildings, they just have to pay taxes to fund those roads because their LARPing doesn't have any backing to justify the exemption.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

They want to put a church down the block from a school, and I can't abide that sort of thing.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Imo if you pass a clearly unconstitutional law you should maybe be liable for some of the court costs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The ultimate arbiter of constitutionality is the Supreme Court. Given the current court, are you sure that's what you want?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Even a law that says you have to add a rationale to the end that says "I think this is legal because..." would go a long way to fixing some of the endless stupid here.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

And any lawyers who advised you that it is a law that may stand up in court should be disbarred.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago

Florida loves dumping tax money into Miami law offices.

I’m sure this has nothing to do with the obvious federal legal rodeo they’re creating.

Sorry FloridaMan. Hey, at least you still have huge stockpiles of hydroxychloriquine! Mmmmm-mm! Good stuff.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago

It's ironic because denying that Satan has followers would be considered blasphemy in many Christian denominations.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago

Lol. We've tried this before, DeSantis. Courts side with Satan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

......."soulcraft"?

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