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The bill considers the Ten Commandments an important historical and cultural document that influenced the founding of the US, one that students should study.
Legislators in the state of Louisiana have passed a bill that would require all public schools to display the Ten Commandments. While Republican Governor Jeff Landry has yet to comment on whether he will sign the bill into law, it would most likely be challenged by both state and federal civil liberties unions, which have called the bill “unconstitutional.”
According to CNN, the bill was passed through the state’s House of Representatives in a vote of 79-16. If signed, the law would require all classrooms of public schools from kindergarten to college to display the Ten Commandments.
The wording of the bill, HB71, allows each school to decide upon “the nature of the display,” but it must at least be shown on a poster or framed document, sized at least 11x14 inches. Furthermore, it stipulates that the Ten Commandments must be the central focus of the display, printed in a font that is large enough to be easily read from anywhere in the classroom.
While opponents of the bill have argued that posting a document of religious origins in public schools is a breach of the separation of church and state, the bill has taken a different angle. It presents the Ten Commandments as an important historical and cultural document that played a pivotal role in the founding documents of the US.
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Legislators in the state of Louisiana have passed a bill that would require all public schools to display the Ten Commandments. While Republican Governor Jeff Landry has yet to comment on whether he will sign the bill into law, it would most likely be challenged by both state and federal civil liberties unions, which have called the bill “unconstitutional.”
According to CNN, the bill was passed through the state’s House of Representatives in a vote of 79-16. If signed, the law would require all classrooms of public schools from kindergarten to college to display the Ten Commandments.
The wording of the bill, HB71, allows each school to decide upon “the nature of the display,” but it must at least be shown on a poster or framed document, sized at least 11x14 inches. Furthermore, it stipulates that the Ten Commandments must be the central focus of the display, printed in a font that is large enough to be easily read from anywhere in the classroom.
While opponents of the bill have argued that posting a document of religious origins in public schools is a breach of the separation of church and state, the bill has taken a different angle. It presents the Ten Commandments as an important historical and cultural document that played a pivotal role in the founding documents of the US.
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Louisiana to place Ten Commandments in all public schools
The bill considers the Ten Commandments an important historical and cultural document that influenced the founding of the US, one which students should study.
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