Moses Didn’t Carve That for Your Campaign

Well bless their freedom-framing, Bible-thumping hearts. Texas tried to turn classrooms into Sunday School again. But this time? A federal judge just reminded them what that pesky First Amendment is for.

That sound you hear? It’s the sigh of every history teacher who wasn’t looking to add “legal defendant” to their job description.

Stone Tablets and Selective Memory

See, some lawmakers in Texas decided it'd be real righteous to force every public classroom to display the Ten Commandments. 

Not suggested. 
Not optional. 
Required. 

Like algebra. 

Or standardized testing. 

Only somehow less engaging.

And while it may sound like a faith-forward gesture to some people, let’s be clear: it was a power move in church clothes.

Because if your theology fits better on a bulletin board than in your life, it might be less about faith and more about flex.

They weren’t trying to inspire kids. They were trying to mark territory.

This wasn’t about reverence. It was about dominance… with a granite font and government funding.

God Isn’t Your Mascot

Let’s get one thing straight: God doesn’t need your promotional campaign.

You don’t have to turn classrooms into altars for the Divine to be present in schools.

If you’re worried that kids won’t know right from wrong unless there’s a laminated list nailed to the bulletin board, maybe we should spend more time funding teachers and less time writing performative legislation.

You want kids to learn the Ten Commandments? Try living them out instead of slapping them on a wall between the lunch menu and fire drill instructions.

And maybe, just maybe, don’t make idols out of stone monuments while quoting a commandment about not making idols.

Theocrats with Sharpies

The real problem here is what this move reveals– a whole theology propped up by coercion.

These aren’t folks spreading Love with casseroles and compassion. They’re folks with Sharpies, trying to redact the Constitution with verses they half-remember from VBS.

It’s religious cosplay. A costume party where the prize is political control and the losers are pluralism, decency, and anyone who doesn’t pass your theological vibe check.

But here’s the thing: the public square isn’t your sanctuary. And the government isn’t your greeter ministry.

Jesus Didn’t Lobby for Wall Decals

This might be hard for some folks to hear, but Jesus didn’t hand out classroom decor. He didn’t say, “Blessed are the rule enforcers.” And he sure as hell didn’t carve a Ten Commandments plaque just to help you win a school board election.

He walked with the poor, sided with the excluded, and flipped tables when religious folks got too cozy with power and politics.

Funny how the people obsessed with posting commandments in schools always seem to forget the ones about idolatry, stealing, and coveting power they weren’t meant to have.

The Law Isn’t Yours to Preach

So when a judge ruled that this Texas law couldn’t stand, it wasn’t an attack on Christianity.

It was a long-overdue reminder that freedom of religion also means freedom from someone else’s religion being crammed into every corner of public life.

It was the Constitution doing exactly what it was meant to do: protecting all of us from the weaponization of faith.

Because you don’t make a nation more moral by decorating it with commandments. You do it by living the values those commandments point to without needing the government to do your evangelism for you.

Less Theater, More Testimony

Let’s be honest. If your faith depends on monuments, you might be doing more theater than testimony.

If your theology needs the force of law to feel legitimate, maybe it’s time to revisit the part where Love doesn’t insist on its own way.

If your mission is to love your neighbor, maybe stop trying to make your neighbor recite your beliefs before third period.

And if your biggest political victory is getting Moses into the curriculum without context, you’ve probably missed the whole point.

So Here’s Your altar Aall, Y’all:

Tear down the wall-sized commandments. Live like the law is already written on your heart. And stop mistaking granite for grace.

Because the Love that sets us free doesn’t need a footnote or a government-issued frame.

It just needs people willing to live it out. 
Loudly. 
Boldly. 
And without permission.