Louisiana law requiring schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms remains blocked

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Source: pbs



Nation Nov 20, 2024 1:38 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — ...............

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a state request to temporarily stay an earlier order by U.S. District Judge John deGravelles in Baton Rouge while litigation continues. DeGravelles ruled that the law, which the Republican-dominated Legislature passed earlier this year, was “overtly religious” and “unconstitutional on its face.” He also said it amounted to unconstitutional religious government coercion of students, who are legally required to attend school.


Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the bill into law in June, prompting a group of Louisiana public school parents of different faiths to sue. They argue the law violates the First Amendment’s provisions forbidding the government from establishing a religion or blocking the free exercise of it. They also say the proposed poster-sized display would isolate students, especially those who are not Christian. The parents further argue that the version of the Ten Commandments specified in the law is favored by many protestants and doesn’t match any version found in Jewish tradition.

Proponents say the Ten Commandments are not solely religious, but have a historical significance to the foundation of U.S. law. Republican state Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill said after deGravelles ruled that she disagreed with his findings and that the law is constitutional under Supreme Court precedents.

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In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a similar Kentucky law was unconstitutional and violated the First Amendment establishment clause, 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 one.



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[Irish_Dem]

1. Post the US constitution where it talks about separation of church and state.

[MuchBetterThanThis]

2. Yeah, should be a disclaimer/warning

Posted under the 10 commandments ,like those you see on cigarettes, that states where the Constitution refers to the separation of church and state. Just for informational reference😏

[Irish_Dem]

3. Christianity is becoming a cult.

[TomSlick]

9. This isn't original. I read it somewhere but cannot now find a citation.

Ever since Constantine adopted the sign of the cross in a fit of military euphoria, the Church has prospered while Christianity has remained an obscure eastern religion.

[Igel]

6. Sure.

This is the bit with "wall of separation of church and state."

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.

It was embedded on a microdot in the "," I guess.

The "constitutional" text you seek is actually from elsewhere and later:
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Thanks interesting.

I had forgotten exactly where it is in the constitution.

[TomSlick]

10. The phrase "wall of separation" first appeared in a letter

from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802 - back when Baptists were a religious minority.

[slightlv]

8. The latter paragraph is from the Federalist Papers, if I'm not mistaken.

I find it ironic that the Federalist Society won't accept the Federalist papers as legitimate and proper in their explanation of the constitution.

[republianmushroom]

4. Good

[Rebl2]

5. 👍👍👍