US state becomes first to force classrooms to display Ten Commandments

20.06.2024 01:59

«Metro UK»

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 Governor Jeff Landry (Picture: AP)

The US state of Louisiana has become the first to force public schools to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms.

Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed a bill into law on Wednesday requiring poster-sized Ten Commandments with ‘large, easily readable font’ to be put up in all state-funded classrooms from kindergarten to universities.

They must include a four-paragraph ‘context statement’ explaining how they ‘were a prominent part of American public education for almost three centuries’.

Classrooms must comply by the beginning of 2025, and the displays will be funded through donations, not state funds.

Landry as the keynote speaker at a GOP fundraiser in Nashville on Saturday night vowed he was ‘ going home to sign a bill that places the Ten Commandments in public classrooms’.

‘I can’t wait to be sued,’ he said.

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.

For more stories like this, check our news page.