One Republican state senator has decided to forgo talk about arming teachers and talking about mental health in order to cut right through to a solution on school shootings—the bible. Sen. Gerald Dial. and his fellow Republicans voted 23-3 to create a constitutional amendment that will fix school shootings.
The proposal, which would have to be approved by voters, says the Ten Commandments can be displayed on public property. The displays would have to be mingled with other historical materials in an effort to pass constitutional muster.
Sen. Dial explained this iteration of the amendment to the Alabama Political Reporter—which gets passed through Alabama’s state senate every year.
“I believe that if you had the Ten Commandments posted in a prominent place in school, it has the possibility to prohibit some student from taking action to kill other students,” Dial said. [...]
“If this bill stops one school shooting in Alabama, just one, then it’s worth the time and effort we’re putting into it,” Dial said.
Democrat Sen. Bobby Singleton had this to say about the amendment:
“While I understand where you’re going, I just have a problem with wanting to put into the Constitution — when we have a right to freedom of religion in this state and in this country — one sect or a religion and not allow all others,” Singleton said.
Dial is his own kind of mavarick, having started his career as a Democrat, moved onto being an independent, before settling into Republicanism and anti-labor politics.
This amendment would also have the added bonuses:
- Not allowing other Gods before me during home economics.
- The end of graven images being made in shop class.
- The cessation of young people cursing.
- No detention on the weekends!
- No more childhood angst with parents!
- No shooting.
- Kids will stop cheating on each other.
- No stealing nonexistent school supplies.
- Test cheating will be forbidden!
- No more sleeping around with the neighbor’s wife.
Problems, solved.