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Lousiana Republican Gov Jeff Landry (Photo credits: X/@JeffLandry). Image Credit: ANI All public schools in the southeastern US state of Louisiana are now required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom after Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed the requirement into law on Wednesday, reported CNN. Meanwhile, the opponents of the bill argued that a state requiring a religious text in all classrooms would violate the establishment clause of the US Constitution, which highlights that Congress can "make no law respecting an establishment of religion." House Bill 71, approved by state lawmakers last month, mandates that a poster-size display of the Ten Commandments with "large, easily readable font" be in every classroom at schools that receive state funding, from kindergarten through the university level. The legislation further specified the exact language in which the Commandments must be printed on the classroom display and outlined that the text of the Commandments must be the central focus of the poster or framed document, as reported by CNN. Before signing it, Republican Gov Jeff Landry called the bill, "one of (his) favourites." "If you want to respect the rule of law, you gotta start from the original law given which was Moses. […]