Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display
Ten Commandments

A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in
all public classrooms is "unconstitutional on its face," a federal
judge ruled Tuesday, ordering state education officials not to take
steps to enforce it and to notify all local school boards in the state
of his decision.

https://apnews.com/article/ten-commandments-law-blocked-public-schools-louisiana-87b3dde94e583fdbb9ecb26db42b0206

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On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, JAB wrote:

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display
Ten Commandments

A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in
all public classrooms is "unconstitutional on its face," a federal
judge ruled Tuesday, ordering state education officials not to take
steps to enforce it and to notify all local school boards in the state
of his decision.

https://apnews.com/article/ten-commandments-law-blocked-public-schools-louisiana-87b3dde94e583fdbb9ecb26db42b0206

It does seem a bit weird that people of varying religions should be
exposed to the christian religion in a country where freedom of religion
was once a core value.

But I think this might be appealed up to the supreme court, and I think
the supreme court penguins will overturn this decision.

Even though I am pro-Trump, I would not be happy to see religious
propagande every day, and I would not be happy to have to swear allegiance
to a piece of cloth, but maybe that is no longer done and just an artifact
of movies.

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On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:19:59 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

But I think this might be appealed up to the supreme court,

Everson v. Board of Education(1947) - In Everson v. Board of
Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947), the Supreme Court ruled as
constitutional a New Jersey statute allocating taxpayer funds to bus
children to religious schools -- because it did not breach the "wall
of separation" between church and state -- and held that the
establishment clause of the First Amendment applied to state and local governments as well as to the federal government.

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/everson-v-board-of-education/

Court used 'wall of separation' metaphor to announce strict separation
of church, state

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/wall-of-separation/

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