Louisiana has become the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.
Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed HB71 into law on Wednesday after it passed in the Louisiana Senate in a 30-8 vote and then passed in the state House by a 79-16 vote last month.
The American Civil Liberties Union vows to challenge the law, and the case could go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
If the law survives legal challenges, every Louisiana classroom from kindergarten to the university level, which receives state funding, will be required to display the commandments “on a poster or framed document that is at least eleven inches by fourteen inches.” The commandments displays would be paid for by private donations so the state isn’t funding them.
Louisiana State Rep. Dodie Horton (R) introduced the bill and said implementing the Ten Commandments is the “basis of all laws in Louisiana” and honors the country’s religious origins, according to The New Orleans Advocate.
“I hope and I pray that Louisiana is the first state to allow moral code to be placed back in the classrooms,” she said. “Since I was in kindergarten (at a private school), it was always on the wall.
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