BATON ROUGE, La. — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky. Across the country there have been conservative pushes to incorporate religion into classrooms, from Florida legislation […]
All Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in their curriculums, effective immediately, the state’s chief education officer announced in a memorandum Thursday. At a State Board of Education meeting, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said the Bible is “one of the most foundational documents used for […]
Twitter: @deborahmoffattLast week, Louisiana ushered in a new, controversial law requiring a version of the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms. As you could expect, the law is already facing a lawsuit from parents, and heavy criticism online.— deborah moffatt (@deborahmoffatt) June 24, 2024Whatever happened to complete separation of church and […]
STORY: Louisiana was sued on Monday over its new law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms in the state. The complaint said displaying the Ten Commandments violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Jeff Sims, a pastor with children in Louisiana public schools, was among the nine families […]
Nine Louisiana families filed a federal lawsuit Monday against their state’s education department and their local school boards challenging the constitutionality of a radical new law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms. The lawsuit was unveiled less than a week after Louisiana’s Gov. Jeff Landry put pen to paper and […]
Civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. Opponents of the measure, which was signed into law by Republican governor Jeff Landry last week, had long warned of an impending lawsuit to fight the legislation that they say is […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday challenging Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. Opponents of the measure, which was signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry last week, had long warned of an impending lawsuit to fight the […]
The co-author of a bill mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed inside public school classrooms in Louisiana took to cable news for her victory lap after the measure was signed into law. Needless to say, her justifications for the blatant violation of religious freedom crumbled under the most basic scrutiny. On two different CNN […]
Spend enough time listening to politicians, and eventually, one of them will tell you the truth. “I can’t wait to be sued,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared four days before signing a law last week mandating that all public school classrooms – from kindergarten to college – display a Protestant Christian version of the Ten […]
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) defended a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments be hung in the state’s classrooms, arguing to Steve Bannon that America needs morals. “We need morals back in our nation, back in our schools. If there’s anything we are going to present in front of our children, it’s going to be, it […]
Louisiana Republican State Rep. Lauren Ventrella rejected criticism on Thursday for co-authoring a bill that requires the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools, and said anyone offended should just not look at them. “What do you say to the parents of students, or even teachers, who don’t share your religious views?” CNN host Boris […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO-TV) – State Senator Royce Duplessis, (D) New Orleans, calls Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments law unnecessary and embarrassing. And that’s just for starters. Duplessis, who voted against the bill that became law with Governor Jeff Landry’s signature on Wednesday (June 20), says the law is just the start of an effort by the […]