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Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material.

A salesperson at Mardel Christian & Education searched, and though they carry 2,900 Bibles, none fit the parameters.

But one Bible fits perfectly: Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, endorsed by former President Donald Trump and commonly referred to as the Trump Bible. They cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.

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[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 56 points 1 month ago

Shouldn’t Church and State doctrine (or whatever it is called) immediately make all of this illegal?

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 36 points 1 month ago

Yep! That’s why they’re counting on, throwing enough dollars at the conservative judges that they will let this theocratic bullshit stand.

Fuck them and anyone who supports their religion

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 19 points 1 month ago

It's probably purposely designed to create a court case so the Supreme Court can hollow out that principle.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 1 month ago

I will give credit to Republicans on this. They spent decades playing thre ong game with the judiciary. Now, that Republicans achieve their goal. They are now engineering facts to get cases to SCOTUS. The only way to play, is don't appeal cases. Leave the cases at the trial level or first level appeal.

Fix the judiciary, then start taking these fucks all the to top.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

You haven't ever been to OK have you?

Marrying your cousin is also supposedly "illegal"

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

It’s not mixing the two, it’s a founding document of our nation, and what our society is based on. /probably

As someone who is at least a bit religious, get that blasphemy out of the Bible, don’t allow that blasphemer to profit off religion, and whatever you do, get such blasphemy out of the school. Being the state with the 49th best education is not a good thing, nor is aspiring to 50th

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