Former President Donald Trump supports displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools, arguing it could be the “first big step toward religious revival” after a Louisiana law requires the commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms and state universities.
“The truth is, I love the Ten Commandments in public schools, private schools and many other places,” Trump wrote in capital letters.
“Read it. How can we as a nation be wrong?” Trump asked. “This may actually be the first big step towards a religious revival that our country desperately needs. Bring Back TTC!!! MAGA2024.”
President Trump’s proclamation comes as Louisiana becomes the first state in the nation to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill on Wednesday that, according to the Associated Press, “requires that all public classrooms, from kindergarten through state universities, display the Ten Commandments in poster-sized, ‘large, easily readable font.'”
“Recognizing the historical role of the Ten Commandments is consistent with our nation’s history and faithfully reflects our Founding Fathers’ understanding that functional self-government requires civic morality.” overview The bill states:
“Historically, the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, said, ‘We stake the whole future of our new nation on the ability of each of us to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments,'” it continues.
The bill requires the change to be made no later than Jan. 1, 2025, and requires each public school governing body to display the Ten Commandments in accordance with “the minimum requirement that the Ten Commandments must be displayed on a poster or framed document measuring at least 11 inches by 14 inches.”
According to the synopsis, the text reads:
The Ten Commandments
I am the Lord your God.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself any graven image.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God giveth you.
Thou shalt not kill.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) quickly announced it would sue Louisiana over a new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools, but Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murray (a Republican) said in a statement that she “looks forward to defending” the law.
“The Ten Commandments are so simple (don’t murder, steal or cheat on your wife) yet so fundamental to the foundation of our country,” Malil said in X’s post.
“As many of you know, Moses, who brought back the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai, appears eight times in the sculptures that surround the ceiling of the Great Hall of the U.S. Supreme Court,” she said. “I look forward to upholding the law.”
The Ten Commandments are extremely simple (forbidding murder, stealing, or being unfaithful to one’s wife), yet they are also fundamental to the foundation of our nation. Moses, who brought the Ten Commandments back from Mount Sinai, appears eight times in carvings that surround the United States of America… pic.twitter.com/QtQgV9GXWD
— Attorney General Liz Murrill (@AGLizMurrill) June 20, 2024
