Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a law mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools. The law's intention is to promote faith, said Governor Jeff Landry.Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes the state the only one in the country to require displaying the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom.
Landry signed the bill along with a package of others he said were designed to"expand faith in public schools". Landry also signed bills that would expand tutoring for underperforming students, help improve math skills, and impose fewer curriculum mandates on teachers.Civil rights group ACLU and its Louisiana chapter along with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom from Religion Foundation announced they would file a lawsuit to challenge the law that requires a specific text of the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in all classrooms.