A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom in public schools and colleges. It also churns long-running conflicts over the role of religion in government institutions. In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a similar Kentucky law was unconstitutional.
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. A copy of the Ten Commandments hangs in the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, June 20, 2024. The wooden plaque hangs next to a display titled “The Foundation of Our Law” that also includes information about the Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact.
Chris Dier, who was named the Louisiana Teacher of the Year in 2020, said Thursday that he worried the required display could send a message that a “teacher, school, community and state prefers certain religions over others” and could make some students “feel incredibly isolated.” In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a similar Kentucky law violated the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says Congress can “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” The high court found that the law had no secular purpose but rather served a plainly religious purpose.
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