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Faith in the Classroom: Louisiana's Ten Commandments Legislation | Episode 305

The Speakeasy

The Girl Named Blake

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Join Blake, a proud Louisianan and devoted Christian, as we dive into Louisiana’s groundbreaking legislation requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every state-funded classroom. This episode offers an in-depth look at the intersection of faith, politics, and education in our beloved state. Discover why this law, part of a larger educational reform package, has stirred both support and controversy. We'll explore it through three lenses: as Christians, historically, and culturally, to unpack the complexities and implications. She shares personal insights, historical quotes from the founding fathers, and the broader cultural context of this debate.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another episode of Confessions of a Crappy Christian, a

0:09.7

misfit media network production. I am your host and resident Crappy Christian. this about all the things most Christians are still not sure we're allowed to talk about.

0:24.0

So if you've been looking for a place to land with all your crap

0:27.5

and for someone to just be honest about what it looks like to walk through this Christian life

0:32.0

when you've come to the right place.

0:34.2

Pull up a seat, pop in your headphones, and tune out your kids, and come hang out with me and

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a guest for the authentic conversations that you have been looking for.

0:42.6

Hey guys, welcome to an impromptu episode of Confessions of a Crappy Christian.

0:53.5

We haven't had an extra episode in a minute, but this week, Louisiana became the first

0:58.3

state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every state-funded classroom across the state.

1:04.0

And if you didn't know, I am from Louisiana.

1:06.6

Born and bred, and actually never lived anywhere else.

1:09.3

And so I have a little bit of a vested interest,

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not only as a Louisianaian, but as someone who cares about politics

1:14.6

and a Christian.

1:15.6

This is kind of an intersection of all of the things that I care about, and this was too complex

1:22.4

and intimate of an issue to just discuss in Instagram stories.

1:27.0

So we needed a little longer form content.

1:30.0

So when something like this happens, I tend to look at it through three lenses.

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I look at it first as a Christian, second, historically, and third culturally.

1:41.4

That's kind of how I look at everything.

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So I thought we would just walk through those three viewpoints of an issue.

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