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CV NEWS FEED // A federal judge has issued an injunction, blocking the implementation of a Louisiana law that would have required public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.
The November 12 injunction is the latest development with the state’s House Bill 71. As CatholicVote previously reported, Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed the bill in June, requiring every public classroom in the state to display the Ten Commandments.
HB71 references the Supreme Court case Van Orden v. Perry, in which the court ruled that displaying the Ten Commandments on government property is permissible. The law also draws on the Supreme Court’s decision in American Legion v. American Humanist Association, which recognized that the display of the Ten Commandments serves a historical and cultural purpose, given its significance as one of the foundations of the nation’s legal system…..
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