And in case you didn’t read it, they were all required to vote on this, so this isn’t just an abstention or refusal to comply, it’s a very loud and emphatic, “Fuck off.”
allowed public school districts to set aside non-instructional time
I mean, this right here seems to be the root of the problem. Schools that are pegged to standardized testing performance metrics have zero incentive to squander student time in non-test prep activities.
This isn’t just a problem with this dipshit’s “school prayer” bill. It cuts into the entire curriculum. Everything from independent study to sports to artistic expression to club activities are sacrificed on the alter of test-taking efficiency.
Get under the hood of most of these districts and you’ll find them boiling over with Christian Nationalists. But because the economic structure of the schools rewards high state mandated test scores and penalizes anything that might increase tardiness, there’s a huge counterweight to this policy already in place by these same Christian conservatives.
Much like the gerrymandering, the Republican strategy backfired
Insane to think gerrymandering backfired in Texas. The state has run out of room to draw safe districts. They are not in any way suffering from a district schema that squeezes a 65/35 state legislative majority out of a 53/47 partisan split.
We’re just at the limit of how much juice you can get squeezing this lemon.
I’m going to squint really hard, tilt my head, and say this resembles “good news.” If just barely. Thank you, and cheers.
So out of touch with his constituents.
Or maybe he doesn’t care.
Pick one.
It’s they (plural), but no. They’re very in touch with their constituents. This is performative. It doesn’t matter if it actually goes into effect (in fact, it’s probably better for them that it doesn’t). It just let’s them say they’re fighting for Christian values and “the liberals” are against them.
Yeah, they could probably get more support from the people by doing actual good things, like taxing the ultra-wealthy more, bringing down the cost of living, and things like that. They are being paid to not do this though, so they have to do performances like this to keep people voting for them. They change it from “we’re trying to help you” into “we’re fighting evil.” It’s all bullshit, but it wins elections.
As much as some of the school districts absolutely want this, they also understand it’s unconstitutional and would be open to lawsuits. Easier and cheaper to say fuck off.
Republicans: Sharia law bad, Christian law good.
Irony is dead.
Wasting time is the point. They can’t deal with the hundreds of problems our society is faced with everday because the solutions go against their belief system. So they waste all their time on bullshit like this and of course passing whatever law or policy their corporate overlords demand.
Isn’t that what the pledge of allligance is?
No that’s anti Communist indoctrination.
Done with prayer, under God.
I want them to go full-steam with the bible stuff like they did during the GWB years, back when the kids learned the 10 commandments and Jesus’s teachings and then started asking “hey why don’t our leaders hold up to this? why doesn’t my teacher/priest/president hold up to these rules?” and that’s when they got rid of them.
Well, they either learn the basics and ask why they don’t live up to those rules or they learn the deeper parts and realize how fucked up and stupid it all is. Either way it’s a win.
