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Beartracks

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23. Was the Texas bill predicated on the weird notion that the 10 Commandments underlies modern Western law?

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:34 PM

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'Cuz that's the same "reasoning" that fundie Okies are using to try to get the Ten Commandments into Oklahoma classrooms.

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