HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) - Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Kentucky is leading a multistate coalition in support of Louisiana's law related to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Louisiana's legislature passed a bill earlier this year requiring all public K-12 schools and state-funded universities to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The law also requires a three-paragraph "context statemen…

Civil rights groups threatening legal action against any Louisiana public school that displays the Ten Commandments in classrooms

Louisiana in June became the first state to pass a law that would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in "large, easily readable font" in every classroom.

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Kentucky AG leads 17 other states in support of Louisiana Ten Commandments law

BATON ROUGE — Attorneys general from 18 states said Wednesday they had filed documents with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals expressing support for a Louisiana law that requires public schools to post a version of the Ten Commandments in all classrooms.Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman made the announcement in Frankfort. He said 17 other states had joined in.A federal judge in Baton Rouge has declared the Louisiana law unconstitutio…

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Attorneys general from 18 states join fray over Louisiana's Ten Commandments law

Kentucky and 17 other states are backing Louisiana in its appeal of a ruling that struck down a law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments.

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18 Republican state AGs file brief backing Louisiana's Ten Commandments law

The controversial bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed has already been ruled unconstitutional, citing a violation of the First Amendment.

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Kentucky AG announces 18-state coalition in support of Ten Commandments law

Legal battle continues in Louisiana over displaying Ten Commandments in classrooms despite federal judge's ruling.

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Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and other Republican attorneys general are signaling support for a Louisiana law being challenged in federal court that requires displays of the Ten Commandments in

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Kentucky AG, other GOP attorneys general argue Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is constitutional

(Erica Peterson)Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is leading an 18-state coalition in support of a Louisiana law that requires public schools and universities to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.A federal judge ruled the law unconstitutional in November, saying the law had an overtly religious purpose and issued a preliminary injunction blocking state officials from enforcing it.Louisiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature passed the …

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Kentucky AG supports Louisiana law mandating Ten Commandments in public schools

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman (Kentucky Lantern photo by Mathew Mueller)Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and other Republican attorneys general from 17 states are signaling their support for a Louisiana law being challenged in federal court that requires displays of the Ten Commandments in Louisiana classrooms. Coleman and attorneys general from 17 other states filed an amicus brief Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for t…

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Kentucky AG, other GOP attorneys general argue Louisiana's Ten Commandments law is constitutional • Kentucky Lantern

View PDF  For Immediate Release:December 18, 2024 For press inquiries only, contact:Amanda Priest (334) 322-5694William Califf (334) 604-3230 (Montgomery, Ala.) –  Attorney General Steve Marshall today announced joining an 18-state coalition brief led by Kentucky in support of Louisiana’s law related to Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms. Earlier this year, Louisiana’s legislature passed a bill requiring all public K-12 school…

Kentucky AG announces 18-state coalition in support of Ten Commandments law

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