Trump praises Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments legislation
The new law in Louisiana that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in all public schools and state-funded universities has been met with silence from President Joe Biden, who is a practicing Catholic. In contrast, former President Donald Trump has openly supported the legislation, expressing his enthusiasm for the presence of the Ten Commandments in schools and other venues on his social media platform. The law was officially signed into effect by the Republican Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry.
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”
“Politicians have no business imposing their preferred religious doctrine on students and families in public schools,” Louisiana’s ACLU chapter said in a statement with the Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the FFRF.
The Ten Commandments will be on display in every single public classroom on a poster no smaller than 11 inches by 14 inches. The Ten Commandments must also be “the central focus of the poster” and “in a large, easily readable font,” according to the legislation.
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There will also be three paragraphs about how the Ten Commandments were a “prominent part of American public education for almost three centuries.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to the White House for comment on the legislation.
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