The Ten Commandments Don’t Belong in Classrooms
The governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, has recently made it a law for the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public schools. Yes, you read that correctly. Public schools.
As reported by The Telegraph, “Landry signed the bill into law on [last] Wednesday, making Louisiana the first state in the US to require all public schools and universities to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.”
This is regression.
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution constitutes that there should be a separation between church and state.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had this to say —
“Our public schools are not Sunday schools, and students of all faiths — or no faith — should feel welcome in them,” the American Civil Liberties Union said in a joint statement with other civil rights groups warning against Louisiana’s legislation.
“The law violates the separation of church and state and is blatantly unconstitutional,” they said in a joint statement on Wednesday. “The First Amendment promises that we all get to decide for ourselves what religious beliefs, if any, to hold and practice, without pressure from the government. Politicians have no business imposing their preferred religious doctrine on students and families in public…
