The co-host of “The View” criticized a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms across the state, and targeted Christians who support former President Trump.
“They want to put this up in schools, but I think they should put it up at Mar-a-Lago with a picture of Stormy Daniels next to it,” co-host Joy Behar said. “He [Trump] “He’s broken 11 commandments and he has a waiting list. I mean, this guy goes above and beyond and yet these so-called Christians still vote for him.”
The bill, HB71, would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in poster-sized, “large, easily readable font” in all public classrooms, from kindergarten through state universities.
“This really bothers me because I was raised and I was allowed to believe what I believed. It wasn’t something you discussed with other people. You had your beliefs, you had your religious thing, and if you weren’t religious, nobody knew,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said. “I don’t understand why you’re telling me you’re worried about my children’s learning. One thing you don’t understand is that I respect my children just as much as yours. I’m not telling you to believe what I believe. I’m not telling your children to believe what I believe. Public school is public school.”
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“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg slammed a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
“If you want your child to have a religious education, send them to a religious school. There’s nothing stopping you. Get out of my pocket, get out of my body, get out of my school,” Goldberg added, making it clear she has no problem with religion.
She said Louisiana is playing a “very dangerous game.”
Co-host Sunny Hostin warned that Gov. Jeff Landry is hoping the Supreme Court will side with him and overturn previous rulings on similar laws that have been deemed unconstitutional. The Republican governor said he “can’t wait to get sued.”
“I think what he’s hoping is that this reactive, highly partisan Supreme Court is going to overturn precedent and say this is OK, and we should be very afraid of that, because we’re living in an upside-down world right now where there’s precedent of the century that says you can’t do that anywhere,” Hostin said.
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Republican Governor Jeff Landry of Louisiana speaks on the House of Representatives floor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on January 15, 2024. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate via Associated Press, Pool, File)
Hostin warned that everyone “should be scared.”
Co-host Sara Haines also called the law concerning.
“This is concerning because, unlike abortion, which has been decided as a right to privacy and has become legal precedent over time, this is literally what the First Amendment was created for and why this country was founded, to allow for religious freedom,” she said. “This concerns me.”
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Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
