The governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, in the United States, signed into law on Wednesday (19) a bill that makes the state the only one in the USA that requires the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) group immediately announced it would sue to block the law, saying it violates the constitutional separation of church and state and a ruling from the US Supreme Court.
Landry signed the bill along with a package he said was aimed at “expanding faith in public schools.”
“If we want to respect the rule of law, we have to start with the original legislator, who was Moses”, said Landry at the signing ceremony.
In the Christian and Jewish religions, God revealed the Ten Commandments to the Hebrew prophet Moses.
Other measures would authorize the hiring of religious speakers in schools, restrict teachers from mentioning sexual orientation or gender identity and prevent schools from using a transgender student’s name or pronouns unless they have parental permission.
The ACLU, along with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and the Religious Freedom Foundation, announced they would file a lawsuit to challenge the law.
No other state in the United States has such a measure, the groups noted in a statement.
“Politicians have no business imposing their preferred religious doctrine on students and families in public schools,” the statement said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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