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A Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms remains blocked by an appellate court ruling on Wednesday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a state request to temporarily halt in Baton Rouge that blocked state education officials from enforcing the Ten Commandments display. A group of Louisiana public school parents of different faiths sued the state, arguing that the Ten Commandments law violates the First Amendment’s provisions forbidding the government from establishing a religion or blocking the free exercise of it. These parents also agreed that the display would isolate students, especially those who are not Christian. "We’re pleased that the Court of Appeals left the district court’s injunction fully intact," Sam Grover, an attorney with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, one of the civil rights organizations who brought the lawsuit on behalf of the group of parents, said to The Associated Press. "As the district court ruled, this law is unconstitutional on its face." Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill speaks alongside Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry during a press conference regarding the Ten Commandments in schools on August 5, 2024, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A Louisiana law requiring the Ten… More Hilary Scheinuk/The […]