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Louisiana House Bill 71 has passed the state Senate 30-8 and the House 79-16. It requires public schools in the state to display the Ten Commandments. krisanapong detraphiphat/Moment RF/Getty Images Editor’s Note: Eli Federman has written for the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Reuters and other publications. Follow him on X @ elifederman . The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. See more opinion at CNN. CNN — This year, the Jewish holiday of Shavuot begins on Tuesday evening. The holiday commemorates Moses conveying the Torah (the “Law”) and the Ten Commandments — a central religious text in Christianity, Islam and Judaism — and underscores the deeply religious nature of the commandments. Eli Federman Courtesy Eli Federman However, Louisiana’s House Bill 71 (HB 71) attempts to disingenuously secularize this sacred and uniquely religious document by requiring its display in public schools. The bill passed the state Senate 30-8 last week, and the House 79-16 on Tuesday. It’s now awaiting the signature of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry before becoming law. This unprecedented bill would be the first to mandate the display of the Ten Commandments , requiring “elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools” to display it in “easily readable […]