Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murray (Republican) said in a statement that she “looks forward to defending” a law requiring Ten Commandments posters to be displayed in classrooms in her state’s public schools.
The bill was signed into law on Wednesday. Criticism People claim this violates the separation of church and state.
Louisiana was the first state to pass a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms as well as at state universities.
“The Ten Commandments are very simple (don’t murder, steal or be unfaithful to your wife) but they are also important to the foundation of our country,” Maryll said in a post on X. “Moses, who received 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. I look forward to obeying the law.”
The Ten Commandments are so simple (don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t betray your wife) yet so important to the foundation of our nation. Moses, who brought the Ten Commandments back from Mount Sinai, appears eight times in sculptures surrounding the United States… pic.twitter.com/QtQgV9GXWD
— Attorney General Liz Murrill (@AGLizMurrill) June 20, 2024
under invoiceNo state funds are used for Ten Commandments posters; however, schools may accept donations and Ten Commandments posters.
This law was passed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Domination In November 1980, the Kentucky state legislature protested a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms across the state, arguing that it violated the separation of church and state clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
Cornell Law School Website state “The First Amendment’s separation of church and state clause prohibits the government from making laws respecting the ‘separation of religion.'”
The First Amendment’s Separation of Church and State clause prohibits the government from making any law “relating to the separation of religion and state.” This clause not only prohibits the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits the government from giving undue preference to one religion over another. It also prohibits the government from giving undue preference to religion over non-religion, or non-religion over religion.
“In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that posting the Ten Commandments on government property is permissible,” the bill states.
“In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court further recognized that the Ten Commandments ‘have historical significance as one of the foundations of our legal system,'” the bill adds.
Displaying copies of the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, and the Northwest Ordinances are also permitted but not required.
As for other states Texas and Oklahoma There have been previous attempts to pass legislation requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
