Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) enacted legislation requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, making Louisiana the first state to implement such a requirement.

Under this legislation, all classrooms from kindergarten to state-funded universities are required to have a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms by the start of 2025. 

These posters will also have a four-paragraph “context statement” describing how the Ten Commandments “were a prominent part of American public education for almost three centuries.”

Despite the bill not securing final approval from Landry, the period for gubernatorial action on whether to sign or veto the legislation has passed.

The posters would be funded via donations rather than state funds, according to the legislation.

While not mandatory, the law also “authorizes” the display of the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, and the Northwest Ordinance in K-12 public schools.

Proponents argue this measure is not solely religious, but rather it also has historical significance because these are “foundational documents of our state and national government.”

However, opponents question the law’s constitutionality.

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Given the threat of legal disputes, states such as Texas, Oklahoma, and Utah, which have proposed similar bills, have failed to enact them into law.

In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court declared a similar Kentucky law unconstitutional, ruling it violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which says Congress can “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” It was determined the law lacked a secular purpose and served solely religious interests.