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Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
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In your breakdown, some people you might not expect have joined the lawsuit we first told you about last week. The plaintiffs are suing Louisiana education leaders over a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every state-funded classroom.
A group of nine Louisiana public school families who include Jewish parents, a Unitarian Universalist minister, a Presbyterian pastor, and some non-religious families filed this lawsuit in US District Court in Baton Rouge.
They’re being represented by the ACLU of Louisiana and three other groups who say they’re seeking an injunction.
The lawsuit alleges that House Bill 71 is unconstitutional… and interferes with their right to direct their children’s religious education.
“My children are legally required to attend school, and they’re there to learn math, English, science, art, and so much more. But not to be evangelized by the state into its chosen religion,” Reverand Jeff Simms, a Presbyterian Minister in Covington, said.