The North Dakota House of Representatives voted down a bill Wednesday that would have mandated the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school cafeteria and state-funded college.

The bill was defeated on a 53-38 vote.

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    21 hours ago

    The article has some funny quotes (and not so funny, sad ones), but here is an example of a funny one:

    “If putting the Ten Commandments in the schools would save one life, would it be worth it?” said Rep. Jeff Hoverson, R-Minot, the bill’s chief sponsor. “If it saved one marriage, would it be worth it?”

    I guess they could save lives if you held them up as a shield when other kids shot at you? Also, someone was cheated on, lol.

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      9 hours ago

      Fun fact, Christians commit more crime than atheists. Save a life, deconvert

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        I went to catholic schools growing up that had the ten commandments displayed. I guarantee that they didn’t save one life or marriage. They only did one thing, cause all of us to ask questions about wtf they were saying. Like, what does covet really mean and was it translated well? Or, tell people not to kill while offering up sacrifices is kind of weird? All of these can be interpreted so many ways, wtf?

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            Lol. And to not covet someone else’s wife, all’s fair for singles and/or minors.