{"id":22479,"date":"2024-05-28T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=22479"},"modified":"2024-05-28T10:34:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:34:02","slug":"louisiana-aims-to-require-10-commandments-displays-in-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2024\/05\/louisiana-aims-to-require-10-commandments-displays-in-public-schools","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Aims to Require 10 Commandments Displays in Public Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22485\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2024\/05\/ten-commandments-credit-shutterstock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22485\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2024\/05\/ten-commandments-credit-shutterstock.jpg\" alt=\"ten commandments\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Louisiana lawmakers are getting close to passing a bill that would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments on school property despite concerns over the document\u2019s religious nature. The Louisiana Senate recently voted 30-8 in favor of House Bill 71, a measure that required government-funded buildings to \u201cdisplay the Ten Commandments in each building it uses and classroom in each school under its jurisdiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill states, \u201cThe nature of the display shall be determined by each governing authority with a minimum requirement that the Ten Commandments shall be displayed on a poster or framed document that is at least eleven inches by fourteen inches. The text of the Ten Commandments shall be the central focus of the poster or framed document and shall be printed in a large, easily readable font.\u201d An amendment by State Senator John Morris III that allowed schools to display other historical documents like the Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence was added to the bill. Because of this, the bill has to be voted on again by the state house of representatives before it can go to the desk of Gov. Jeff Landry, according to news station\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalb.com\/2024\/05\/16\/controversial-ten-commandments-bill-awaits-approval-gov-landry\/\">KALB in\u00a0<\/a>Alexandria, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Adam Bass, R-Bossier Parish, expressed support for the legislation, arguing that the bill does not unconstitutionally establish a religion, given the historical significance of the Decalogue. Bass said, as quoted by KALB, \u201cAlthough this is a religious document, this document is also posted in over one hundred and eighty places, including the Supreme Court of the United States of America. I would say it is based on the laws that this country was founded on.\u201d State Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, was one of the few lawmakers to speak out against HB 71, arguing that the proposed legislation raised \u201cserious constitutional concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was raised Catholic,\u201d said Duplessis, as quoted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nys\/capital-region\/politics\/2024\/05\/17\/louisiana-ten-commandments-required-classrooms-bill\">Spectrum News<\/a>. \u201cI am still a practicing Catholic, OK? But I didn&#8217;t have to learn the Ten Commandments in school. We went to Sunday school. That&#8217;s why we have church. You want your kids to learn about the Ten Commandments? Take them to church.\u201d HB 71 was originally\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/BillInfo.aspx?i=245592\">introduced<\/a>\u00a0by Rep. Dodie Horton back in February and passed the Louisiana House in April by a vote of 82 to 19. In 2023, Louisiana\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/louisiana-classrooms-now-required-to-display-in-god-we-trust.html\">passed<\/a>\u00a0a law requiring public schools to display the national motto \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d in all classrooms, with the document having to be framed at least 11 inches by 14 inches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louisiana lawmakers are getting close to passing a bill that would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments on school property despite concerns over the document\u2019s religious nature. 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