Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public classrooms, a bill he says he “can't wait to sue.”
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Landry is being sued by 28 groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Atheist Union, the Beelzebub Charitable and Protective Association, the Supreme Court Spouses Neighborhood Welcome Wagon Association and Morality Prevention Liberals.
Republicans responded with a fundraising email blast for a new legal defense fund, with the subject line “MOSES ❤️ LOUISIANA (AND TRUMP!!!).”
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Donald Trump praised Landry, calling him “probably the greatest mayor the state of Louisiana has ever had.”
“In fact, it has been that way for a long time,” he added.
After President Biden pointed out that Louisiana is a state, not a city, Trump spokesman David Trump responded with a statement saying, “Once again, the morally corrupt leader of Biden's Marxist-Leninist-Maoist family crime syndicate has shown his contempt for all the people of Louisiana, and for the state that will become known as the 'Holy Land of the East' during Trump's second term.”
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Speaking at the annual conference of the Evangelical Substitute Teachers Association on the eve of Thursday's presidential debate with Biden, Trump called the Ten Commandments his “favorite of all the commandments.” In an apparent reference to Moses, Trump said, “Being from New York City,” he “personally know many, many people named Mo, and they're all wonderful people, and most of them are dentists.”
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The Ten Commandments were a focal point of Thursday's debate, with Biden challenging Trump to “name one commandment you've never broken,” to which Trump responded, “You must not rig the election.”
Fox News quickly announced Trump as the winner of the debate, with 87 minutes of the 90-minute debate still to go. However, the Trump campaign suffered a setback when the former president said, “What a beautiful God we have. A very, very, very beautiful God. He gave his commandments at Mount Sinai, the top hospital in New York.”
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Encouraged by Louisiana, the Tennessee Legislature has introduced a bill to Governor Bill Lee that would require screensavers on devices, including TVs, iPhones and GPS, to show clips from the 1956 film “The Ten Commandments,” starring Charlton Heston as Moses.
“I can't wait for people to see it,” Lee said.
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Encouraged by Tennessee, the South Carolina Legislature has sent a bill to Governor Henry McMaster that would require all Boeing aircraft and BMW vehicles assembled in South Carolina to use head-up display technology to display the Ten Commandments on the windshield.
As he signed the bill, McMaster said that if Moses had had this in the 13th century B.C., “he could have led the Israelites to the land of Canaan much sooner than 40 years.”
The new law has been hailed by South Carolina Baptist churches as “morally clear,” but the Air Line Pilots Association, which represents 78,000 U.S. and Canadian pilots, has expressed “serious concerns.” After several Boeing planes landed at Fort Sumter, mistaking it for Charleston International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all Boeing planes assembled in South Carolina. McMaster denounced this as “classic Washington, D.C., totalitarian interference” and said he “can't wait to sue.”
His rebellion has been complicated by a string of accidents in which BMWs built in South Carolina have crashed into palm trees.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. said he had “no idea” how a 50-foot-tall sign inscribed with the Ten Commandments ended up on the roof of a New Jersey vacation home.
Drone footage taken by a local resident shows a woman resembling the judge's wife, Martha Ann Alito, hanging from a crane, wearing a hard hat and drawing what appears to be the words “Thou shalt not.”
It spreads in an instant.
Justice Alito said he was taking a nap at the time and thought the noises on the roof were “Martha Ann throwing stones at seagulls.”
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The Supreme Court agreed to expedite hearings on the Louisiana law, and Justices Alito and Clarence Thomas refused to recuse themselves from the case, despite the leaking of contentious documents between them.
Thomas: Great sign for Martha Ann. That girl is good at the game.
Alito: Yes, but she's not making my life easier. Roberts desperately wants us to step down in Louisiana. He's furious about the latest Supreme Court disapproval ratings.
Thomas: Oh dear. What are you worried about? Are you worried about getting fired?
Alito: Laughs. Martha Ann says she'll hire the Goodyear Blimp if I decline.
Thomas: Serious sign! Keep your hands off Martha Ann!
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The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 against Louisiana. Landry declared an official day of mourning. But Trump refused to back down, posting on Truth Social, “God help me as I add 10 awesome new commandments on the first day of Trump 2!”
Christopher Buckley is a novelist, humorist, and former speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush. He is the author of God Is My Broker, Thank You for Smoking, and Has Anyone Seen My Toes?
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