Civil liberties groups file lawsuit against Louisiana Ten Commandments law [Video]

A coalition of civil liberties groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against Louisiana after its governor last week signed a bill requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom starting in 2025.  

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), its branch in Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom from Religion Foundation filed the suit on behalf of a multi-faith group of nine Louisiana families with children in public schools.  

The lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana alleges the new law violates the First Amendment and “substantially interferes with and burdens” parents’ rights to direct their children’s religious upbringing.  

The plaintiffs are made up of a group of Jewish, Christian, Unitarian Universalist and non-religious individuals.  

“It also sends the harmful and religiously divisive message that students who do not subscribe to the Ten Commandments — or, more precisely, to the specific version of the Ten …