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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

A grift in broad daylight.

The "requirements":

  • a Bible that is bound by leather or material like leather
  • has the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
  • is the New King James version of the Old and New Testament
  • has no commentary
[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 month ago (4 children)

has the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights

Why does a bible need these things?

[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because Trump's version has these things

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Conservatives want a collection of things they won't read or ban. This sums it up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

They’re putting these in schools to try to tear down the separation of church and state.

It fits two purposes:

  • grift for Trump payments with state funds
  • keeping kids dumb so they stay republican later
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

If it doesn't contradict itself it's not Republican enough.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'm in sales and have seen the strategy discussed where if you're trying to sell a product to an institution with a formal bidding process to coach your contact to draw up requirements which only your product can meet.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

I’d respect it more if it was just said right up front, “funding to the god-emperor by stealing from our children’s education.”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Is there a known beforehand contractor to provide these with a markup? I guess there's a shade of a simple local grift too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I guess the satanic temple could print an edition that matches those requirements and undercut Trump by like a dollar.