**Texas State Rep. James Talarico Roasts Church-State Separation Bill Sponsor Into Oblivion, Gets Called a 'Hero' Online. AITA for Thinking This is the Most Fun I've Had All Week?**
TL;DR: Texas politician proposes bill to put the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Other Texas politician (Talarico), who is a *former* pastor and a seminary student, proceeds to deliver a theological beatdown so thorough that I felt the need to go to confession just for *watching* it. Internet is losing its collective mind.
So this guy, Rep. Leo B. Leach, sponsors a bill that's basically: "Put God's top 10 notes in every public school, no takesies backsies." Classic culture war bait, right?
Enter James Talarico. This man walks up to the mic and doesn't just oppose the bill—he *exegetes* the sponsor. He points out that the specific version of the Ten Commandments they're using is from the *Catholic* theological tradition, not the King James version. Then he drops the hammer: "If we're gonna do this for 'historical purposes,' why don't we mandate the Code of Hammurabi? Oh, right, because you haven't read that either."
He spends five minutes explaining to a bunch of politicians that they don't know their own book—citing the specific chapter and verse about not having other gods before the Lord, and then pointing out that, technically, putting a religious text in a government building *is* the definition of graven image worship. The guy got schooled in theology by a man who actually studied the damn thing.
The bill sponsor looked like he just swallowed a hornet's nest. Talarico ended by saying, "If you want religion in schools, let's talk about loving your neighbor. If you want a culture war, you've got a long fight ahead."
AITA for thinking this is the