Gov. Jeff Landry says the Ten Commandments are integral to the country’s foundational documents. A legal historian testified that this is a “myth.”
in June, would require the Ten Commandments be displayed on posters in every one of the state’s classrooms, including K-12 public schools, and all classrooms in any college or university that accepts state dollars.
Darcy Roake is one of the plaintiffs. She is a Unitarian Universalist Church minister and says her husband is Jewish. “Frankly, it’s really disrespectful to suggest that we just place something on the wall and then take our hands away and let teachers have to figure out what to do, because that’s not fair,” said Odoms. “It’s not right. It’s not helpful to our teachers, and it’s not supportive of our children.”
“The historical record demonstrates that the Ten Commandments are not a foundation of the American government or legal system,” he wrote in his report, adding that “there is no evidence of a longstanding historical acceptance and practice of widespread, permanent displays of the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms.”
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