re: Bill requiring Louisiana public schools to display the Ten Commandments passes House

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“Separation of church and state” isn’t in the Constitution. Only that the US Congress can’t establish a national religion. The interpretation of the religion part of the 1st amendment has been completely bastardized.

“Separation of church and state” is the same kind of interpretation the left wants to use to get rid of the 2nd amendment. You can either follow the Constitution based on what’s in it or make up stuff to fit your agenda.

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O.k., but—and I'm glad you brought this up—there really IS a big parallel between the left's attempt to subvert the 2nd and your reading of the 1st.

If we go by only the reading of the literal words without regard for what the words actually meant to the people who wrote them (based on their other writings and historical context), then since there is no recognized official well-regulated militia, there is no right to bear arms.

We know from history that the people who wrote the 2nd meant the citizenry by "well-regulated militia." But that's not exactly what they wrote.

Likewise, we know from history that they did not want the government to endorse or establish an official religion for America, whether that be by a Congressional Act or by some other means. They did not and could not have envisioned the federally controlled public school system of 2024 when they wrote the constitution. In their minds the only way a state religion would be established would be by congressional legislation, so that's what they wrote. But it's clear from history that they would have opposed any other means of. facilitating that outcome as well.