A copy of the Ten Commandments is seen along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20 in Atlanta. Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit on June 24 challenging Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky.
Louisiana Family Forum, a Christian conservative organization, has already created a page on its website for donations that"will be used specifically for the purpose of producing and distributing '10 Commandments' displays to educational institutions around Louisiana." The Associated Press reached out to multiple co-authors of the bill, including Bass and the offices of Attorney General Liz Murrill, Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley and the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, but did not receive answers to questions about funding.
Even with sufficient donations, opponents say the state is still spending money and resources to defend a lawsuit over a requirement that they argue is unconstitutional.Louisiana's 2020 teacher of the year, Chris Dier, said he doesn't intend to post the Ten Commandments in his classroom. The AP emailed 55 members of parish school boards across the state, including rural and urban parishes in Republican-dominated and Democratic-leaning areas, to ask if they support the law and how they plan to enforce it. Two replied, saying they support the mandate.
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