Decide blocks La. regulation placing Ten Commandments in lecture rooms

A federal choose has blocked the regulation that would have required a duplicate of the Ten Commandments in each classroom in Louisiana’s public faculties, universities and commerce faculties, along with its Okay-12 public faculties. Earlier this 12 months, the GOP-controlled Legislature handed Home Invoice 71, which Republican governor Jeff Landry signed. It mandated a poster-size…

Bertrand Russell’s 10 Commandments for Dwelling in a Wholesome Democracy

Picture by J. F. Horra­bin, through Wiki­me­dia Com­mons Bertrand Rus­promote noticed the his­to­ry of civ­i­liza­tion as being formed by an unfor­tu­nate oscil­la­tion between two oppos­ing evils: tyran­ny and anar­chy, every of which con­tains the seed of the oth­er. The most effective course for steer­ing away from both one, Rus­promote foremost­tained, is lib­er­al­ism. “The doc­trine of…

Will Louisiana’s Ten Commandments legislation apply to schools too?

A new Louisiana legislation that mandates a poster-sized copy of the Bible’s Ten Commandments be hung in each public faculty classroom—together with at faculties and universities—has already been challenged by 9 Louisiana households, whose attorneys say they hope a decide will grant a preliminary injunction earlier than the 2024–25 educational 12 months begins. In an…

Lecturers React to New Louisiana Regulation Requiring Lecture rooms To Show Ten Commandments

In a controversial transfer yesterday, Louisiana has grow to be the primary state within the nation to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in each public classroom. This transfer has ignited debate throughout instructional and authorized circles. Signed into legislation by Republican Governor Jeff Landry, the mandate covers all instructional establishments receiving state funding,…