{"id":2248704,"date":"2024-05-20T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-gets-closer-to-being-first-to-require-display-of-ten-commandments-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:01:46","slug":"state-gets-closer-to-being-first-to-require-display-of-ten-commandments-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-gets-closer-to-being-first-to-require-display-of-ten-commandments-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"State on Track to Become First to Mandate Display of Ten Commandments in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-gets-closer-to-being-first-to-require-display-of-ten-commandments-in-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2248704&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The state of Louisiana is pioneering a\u2063 bill, \u2063House Bill 71, that proposes mandating the\u2062 display of the Ten Commandments in all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-orders-teachers-back-into-classrooms-union-vows-to-call-a-strike\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor Orders Teachers Back Into Classrooms, Union Vows To Call A Strike\">public school classrooms<\/a>, including colleges \u2062and \u200cuniversities. The bill\u2063 passed the Louisiana House and Senate, aiming to \u200breintroduce moral guidance in schools without mandating teaching \u200bof Christianity. This \u2063initiative has sparked debate\u200d and opposition \u200dfrom \u2064various \u2063groups.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 20, 2024 at 10:12am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The application of a modern, atheistic understanding of the \u201cseparation of church and state\u201d in schools has been something of a failed experiment.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Engel v. Vitale and Abington School District v. Schempp were brought before the Supreme Court in 1962 and 1963, respectively, the nation\u2019s schools have been mostly bereft of any explicit practices of religion \u2014 such as prayer \u2014 as well as generally forbidden to display religious materials, such as the Ten Commandments.<\/p>\n<p>And, since the nation\u2019s public schools have grown more and more secular, they\u2019ve degenerated into moral quagmires of poor discipline, violence, and terrible test scores.<\/p>\n<p>One state, however, has proposed a law seeking to reverse this deplorable trend.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kplctv.com\/2024\/04\/17\/bill-require-display-ten-commandments-la-classrooms-draws-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KPLC-TV<\/a> in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a new bill, House Bill 71, was introduced by Republican Rep. Dodie Horton that would mandate all public school classrooms in the state to hang up posters of the Ten Commandments \u2014 including colleges and universities. If it succeeds, it would be the first of its kind in the country, according to KPLC.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed the Louisiana House in April with an 83-18 vote, KPLC reported.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the state Senate passed a similar bill 30-8, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/education\/louisiana-ten-commandments-schools-lawsuit\/article_2b5e4074-148f-11ef-8cbf-a35525e7ffa8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOLA.com<\/a>, the website of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The Senate bill included elements intended to head off court challenges, such as including a \u201ccontext statement\u201d to post next to the Commandments, NOLA reported.<\/p>\n<p>The revised bill will need to be passed by the House before it can be sent to Republican Gov. Jeff Landry for signature.<\/p>\n<p>According to KPLC, Horton said the purpose of the bill was to help reintroduce some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/andy-griffith-nailed-problem-trans-movement-kids-60-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moral guidance<\/a> that has been sorely lacking among American youths, especially in public schools, though she clarified that the schools would not be required to teach Christianity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should more states push for similar laws?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rather, Horton argued that an understanding of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-hit-felony-allegedly-destroying-ten-commandments-monument\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten Commandments<\/a> is vital to understand the founding and government of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Lee Patterson, a senior counsel for the First Liberty Institute, explained that, \u201cIt\u2019s generally accepted in many legal cases that the Ten Commandments has historical significance and that its display is consistent with history and tradition, which is the governing legal test in such matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commandments <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2005\/02\/18\/news-story-in-the-supreme-court-itself-moses-and-his-law-on-display\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are on display<\/a>, for instance, at the Supreme Court in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>As would be expected, several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-blm-vandalize-ice-building-burn-original-starbucks\/\" title=\"Antifa, BLM vandalize ICE building, burn original Starbucks\">left-wing groups<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/despite-aclu-pushback-california-city-adding-god-trust-police-fire-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Civil Liberties Union<\/a> oppose the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo federal court has upheld the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, regardless of context,\u201d Heather Weaver, senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union, said, according to NOLA.com \u201cThere\u2019s a good reason for that too: Public schools shouldn\u2019t be used to religiously indoctrinate or convert students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, it is true that public schools are not Sunday schools, and their primary purpose is not religious education.<\/p>\n<p>However, what these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kentucky-defies-leftists-atheists-brings-the-bible-back-to-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left-wing advocacy groups<\/a> ignore is that the lawmakers behind this bill were right in that the principles enshrined in the Ten Commandments were front of mind for the Founders when they created the Declaration of Independence, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/satanic-temple-secular-government-hit-hard-stop-descending-10-commandments-supreme-court-already-settled-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a>, and Bill of Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU and similar groups have based their dissent on the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, as well as the now-sacrosanct principle of the \u201cseparation of Church and State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, that phrase is not found in the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, as <a href=\"https:\/\/firstliberty.org\/news\/history-behind-the-separation-of-church-and-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Liberty Institute<\/a> explained, it originated in a private letter from Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, all that the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/freedom-sjw-religion-crt-diversity-trainings-violate-first-amendments-establishment-clause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Establishment Clause<\/a> forbids is a taxpayer-funded, established church on federal level \u2014 the purpose was not to eradicate religion from the public square altogether.<\/p>\n<p>But, instead, the purpose was to prevent the federal government from entangling its grubby fingers too intimately into the affairs of religion.<\/p>\n<p>To outlaw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americas-greatest-presidents-christian-nationalists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten Commandments<\/a> altogether in public spaces betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the moral underpinnings of the nation\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>The United States\u2019 past and founding, its laws and government, are steeped in Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has always been a nation of laws and rights, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/can-christians-agree-gospel-live-world-antagonistic-biblical-values\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten Commandments<\/a> are central to that.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully more states will recognize that, and soon follow Louisiana\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rises-as-he-promises-hes-only-begun-to-fight-put-on-full-armor-of-god-to-fight-the-left\/\" title=\"DeSantis Rises As He Promises He\u2019s \u2018Only Begun To Fight\u2019: \u2018Put On Full Armor Of God\u2019 To Fight The Left\">fight back hard<\/a>, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45810\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45810\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45810\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45810\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allison Anton dabbles in fiction, as well as commenting on depressing modern trends and media. She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Allison Anton on May 20, 2024 at 10:12 am reflects the struggles in applying a modern interpretation of the &#8220;separation of church and state&#8221; in schools. The impact of landmark cases like Engel v. Vitale and Abington School District v. 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