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paleotn

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10. Why don't they just secede again and get it over with.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 08:13 PM

Yesterday

Take the deep south and corn country with them and they can all go off and be Jebusland. Forced religion. A tiny plutocracy that owns everything. And poverty kids on every corner. You know, a real shit hole country. Maybe then the rest of us can have nice things.

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Texas is pushing forward with plans to make parts of the Bible required reading in public classrooms [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

It is unconstitutional. Period hookaleft Yesterday #1

You think that's gonna stop this SCOTUS? tishaLA Yesterday #3

These psychos are so fucking weird. Initech Yesterday #5

Centuries. TheRickles 13 hrs ago #20

Education, like elections, is left to the states according to the Tenth Amendment, which leaves the responsibility ancianita Yesterday #6

I would recommend the story of Judith and Holofernes. jls4561 Yesterday #2

Hey MAGA assholes! Our government is not your church! Do you get that? Initech Yesterday #4

Ask them to explain who 'begat' whom to create human #5 dickthegrouch Yesterday #7

Questions I had as a kid that sowed the seeds apostasy later in life. paleotn Yesterday #12

The "Others" Were From Outside Of Eden. ColoringFool 15 hrs ago #17

Irony is dead. ananda Yesterday #8

Got to force kids to believe in the invisible man Americanme Yesterday #9

Why don't they just secede again and get it over with. paleotn Yesterday #10

Let's make a similar bill that would require the reading of other religion's books sakabatou Yesterday #11

You know, if they believed in the Golden Rule FullySupportDems Yesterday #13

Uh... purr-rat beauty 22 hrs ago #14

I taught English at the secondary level in California. I know how I'd respond to such lawlessness. BadgerMom 22 hrs ago #15

Texas has squandered its brand to foolishness. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 22 hrs ago #16

"They'll savor the opportunity to overturn decades of precedent." J_William_Ryan 14 hrs ago #18

Would atheist kids have to read religious books? Dr. T 14 hrs ago #19