Schools Want Ten Commandments Displays, But Can Kids Read Them?

by J. Pharoah Doss | Word In Black (WIB) – Political scientists define the “culture war” as a conflict between social groups attempting to impose their values on society. Every rule, ordinance, regulation, ballot initiative, and court decision represents the imposition of a particular group’s values, resulting in an ongoing “culture war.” People often characterize the political left as the initiators of culture war battles because they advocate for social change, yet the reactionary right will start their own culture war battles as soon as opportunities present themselves. READ MORE:& The Ten Commandments of Republican Hypocrisy When the Christian right backed Donald Trump in 2016, the left accused them of compromising their own values. However, the Christian right made a “culture war” calculation. The Christian right agreed to back Trump if he pledged to appoint conservative Supreme Court judges.Sign up Trump won and delivered. The Supreme Court& now has a 6-3 conservative majority. The Supreme Court’s new direction gave “red states” the chance to reignite “culture war” battles that the left thought they had already won. Last month,& Louisiana’s Republican governor, Jeff Landry, signed legislation requiring all public school classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded institutions, to display a poster-size replica...