Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signs law requiring display of Ten Commandments in classrooms

The driving force behind the new law is the demand by Christian fundamentalist groups that separation of church and state should be overthrown, and religion made the basis of all public policy.

ACLU files lawsuit against Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms - Washington Examiner

A group of left-wing civil liberties organizations filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a new Louisiana law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. The American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation are behind the lawsuit, representing school students. The Ten Commandments law passed the Republican-controlled state legislature …

Jewish groups protest Louisiana law requiring the 10 commandments in all classrooms

The move is as a result of activism by Christian parents’ groups

Public school WIN: Ten Commandments now REQUIRED in all Louisiana classrooms

The state of Louisiana has just become the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. Those who reject the change are claiming this violates separation of church and state as well as the First Amendment. While Allie Beth Stuckey believes the negative reaction is “understandable,” she calls it the “wrong way to think about this story.” The legislation was signed into law by Louisiana's Republican Go…

Louisiana Is Right about the Ten Commandments

The state’s new law placing the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom is constitutional, and may signal the coming end of legal hostility to religion.

Louisiana's Ten Commandments law isn't about American legal history

(RNS) — Secular arguments on its behalf are a pretext. The post Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law isn’t about American legal history appeared first on Religion News Service.