While President Joe Biden, a practicing Catholic, has remained silent about Louisiana’s new law mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school and state-funded university classrooms, former President Donald Trump has embraced the legislation.
The first-in-the-nation law was signed by Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) on Wednesday.
“I LOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND MANY OTHER PLACES, FOR THAT MATTER,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “READ IT — HOW CAN WE, AS A NATION, GO WRONG??? THIS MAY BE, IN FACT, THE FIRST MAJOR STEP IN THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IN OUR COUNTRY.”
The law is the latest skirmish in the culture war playing out in schools, following arguments about how and when teachers can teach students about gender ideology, LGBTQ matters, and critical race theory.
Louisiana will likely face a lawsuit from opposing groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which say the law is “blatantly unconstitutional.”
