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Louisiana is set to become the first state to mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms under a bill signed into law by Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported.
The bill, pushed by Republicans, will require that every public school classroom in the state, from kindergarten to college, put up a poster-sized copy of the Ten Commandments, according to the AP. No public funds will be used to fund the mandate as donations will pay for the posters.
“Interestingly, something we don’t discuss enough, our legal/justice system comes from the English system, but that system evolved from the courts of the Hebrews, from biblical times, from the times of Moses,” attorney Marina Medvin said on X, reacting to the news. “While there is an appearance of religious favoritism through the requirement of knowing the Ten Commandments, our entire social and legal system is based on these commandments.”