A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill holds up a mini display showing the Ten Commandments during a press conference regarding the Ten Commandments in schools, Aug. 5, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La.
The legislation, which has been touted by Republicans including former U.S. president Donald Trump, is one of the latest pushes by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms -- from Florida legislation allowing school districts to have volunteer chaplains to counsel students to Oklahoma's top education official ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons.
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