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Federal judge blocks Louisiana law requiring display of Ten Commandments in public schools

www.jurist.org Federal judge blocks Louisiana law requiring display of Ten Commandments in public schools

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the entry into force of a Louisiana law that would have required all public classrooms in the state to prominently display the Ten Commandments. The ruli...

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law requiring display of Ten Commandments in public schools

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A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the entry into force of a Louisiana law that would have required all public classrooms in the state to prominently display the Ten Commandments.

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  • Article mentions the Bill of Rights, and I haven't really looked at that since middle school, so I wanted to brush up.

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

    Emphasis mine.

    Definitely a very short passage and I'm no lawyer. I could see arguments for how this does not disallow a state to mandate a religious text be included somewhere.

    However, I'm a staunch believer in the separation of Church and state so I'm leaning more towards the spirit of the law rather than the letter here - seems clear that religion of any kind should never be mandated

    Also I cannot believe any state congressional time was wasted on such a pointless rule. I would be astounded if this had any measurable effects on any child beyond them remembering a few more of the commandments than their peers. But morally I imagine there will be no difference