Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday.The GOP-drafted legislation mandates that a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in 'large, easily readable font' be required in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities.
State funds will not be used to implement the mandate, according to the legislation. The law also 'authorizes' but does not require the display of the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence and the Northwest Ordinance in K-12 public schools.State House Representative Dodie Horton is the author of the bill. In April, she defended it before the House, saying the Ten Commandments are the basis of all laws in Louisiana, WWL-TV reported.
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