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[00:00:19] Find out more at podbreed.com. Every state has their share of crazy laws, but what about those that pertain to freedom of religion or lack thereof in the classroom? According to people.com, there will be a law next year that says there will be a Louisiana
[00:00:57] law that will allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms. I thought I would look into that to see the reasoning behind it and discuss it with you today. Welcome to Dreas Point of View.
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[00:01:26] You can find me on X and Spill. Governor Jeff Landry signed a bill into law for classrooms to have poster-sized copies of the Ten Commandments in their classes starting in 2025. This is for everyone from kindergarten to state-funded colleges.
[00:01:45] Those who support the bill say that it is of historical importance and not so much religious importance. Those who are opposed, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom from Religion Foundation said that there would definitely be some lawsuits coming.
[00:02:07] Donations would be used to implement the law. Now I could see if this were a private school like when I was coming up. I attended a Catholic school and could definitely see something like this happening. I am trying to remember, it just seemed like everything was forced.
[00:02:27] We had to get up and say the Pledge of Allegiance. We had to do this. We had to do that. None of us minded it back then. But now, I don't know, some times have changed. I don't know. Should it be on the walls?
[00:02:42] Should it be shown to everyone? They don't have to look at it because it's there, right? Is it offending someone? But no matter what, something is going to offend someone. They just recently had something and this is steering off topic, but they recently had
[00:02:59] something at Delta Airlines where you can no longer wear a pin of your country's flag because it's offensive. Someone on Twitter took a photo of someone wearing a certain flag and now everyone has to comply only the American flag. So you're going to offend someone no matter what?
[00:03:25] I mean, that's... So what are your thoughts? I'd love to know. You can comment at Dreas Point of View at yahoo.com. Is it offensive seeing 10 Commandments poster in your classroom every day? I don't know.
[00:03:45] I mean, I think they should concentrate more on dress codes to be honest. That's offensive to me. The things that I've been seeing that some of these kids are able to wear now is, to me, that would be offensive. But then again, someone will get offended by that.
[00:03:59] So yeah, you're going to offend no matter what. It's not taking anything away from... It's not telling you have to support it, right? So I don't know. I guess I'm on the fence about it. I mean, you're not forcing anyone to...
[00:04:15] Now it'd be different if it was on the wall and it forced everyone to get up every day and read it. But it's not. So yeah, I don't know. But I do have a positive news story today. And that comes from New York City.
[00:04:39] New York Mayor Eric Adams marked the next step in relegating New York City's abundance of black trash bags to the dustbin of history. The official New York City bin is now available online. It has wheels and a latching lid and is the cheapest bin available with prices under $50
[00:05:02] for the most common size. Mayor Adams also announced that is put forth a proposed rule requiring that all buildings with one to nine residential units and all special use buildings that receive DSNY collection put their trash in containers effective November of this year. So I guess that's positive.
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