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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signs bills related to his education plan on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Lafayette, La. Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor. Louisiana will require the Ten Commandments to be prominently displayed in every public school classroom under a new law that takes effect in early 2025. The measure, signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday, celebrates the biblical commandments as foundational documents in United States history. “If you want to respect the rule of law, you’ve got to start from the original lawgiver, which was Moses,” Landry said about the new policy, according to The Associated Press . He and other supporters of the policy argue that the state can require public schools to display the Ten Commandments since the text is historically significant in addition to being religiously significant. But several organizations, including faith-based ones, take issue with this view and say that Louisiana’s new law clearly violates the Constitution’s establishment clause. “The First Amendment promises that […]