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    Blatantly unconstitutional.

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black famously stated in Everson v. Board of Education that “[t]he First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state,” and “[t]hat wall must be kept high and impregnable.”

    Government may not adopt or ban instances of religion.

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

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      They might argue the law only recognizes these books as official, and neither establishes religion or prevents others. “Argue” as in if it went to court, because either way it’s definitely bullshit.

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        Yeah, that’s probably right.

        And then the Satanic Temple comes in with a lawsuit forcing Tennessee to “recognize” their literature as well for equality under the law.