Obama-appointed judge blocks state’s Ten Commandments from school law

A Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in classrooms has been postponed after it was temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

On Friday, Louisiana Middle District Judge John deGravelles suspended the controversial law after parents in five parishes sued the state over the legislation signed in June by Louisiana’s Republican Governor Jeff Landry.

According to Barack Obama’s appointee, the parents and the state agreed to delay the publication of God’s Laws until Nov. 15 while the trial plays out. Judge deGravelles’ order set a hearing date of Sept. 30, with a decision expected in mid-November.

Until then, the Ten Commandments will not be displayed in classrooms in East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Orleans, St. Tammany and Vernon parishes, and Bayou State education officials may not issue “advice, rules or regulations regarding their proper implementation,” the ordinance states.

“If you want to respect the rule of law, you have to start with the original legislator, which is Moses,” Governor Landry said during the bill signing ceremony last month.

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The legislation required that the Ten Commandments be posted in public school classrooms on a “poster or framed document at least eleven by fourteen inches in size” and “printed in a large, easily readable type.”

In response to the attempt to reintroduce morality into schools that have been turned into breeding grounds for immorality and centers for transgender indoctrination by the godless left, the forces of darkness have vowed to wage a holy war in the courts.

#BREAK: The ACLU of Louisiana, along with our partners at @ACLU, @americansunitedAnd @FFRFfiles lawsuit challenging new Ten Commandments law: https://t.co/PLPRiaImS1#lalege #lagov photo.twitter.com/GvUTVd5lcj

— ACLU of Louisiana (@ACLUofLouisiana) June 19, 2024

“We are committed to ensuring that our family’s right to religious freedom is protected starting on day one of the upcoming school year. The Ten Commandments displays required by state law will create an unwelcoming and oppressive school environment for children like ours who do not believe in the official version of the state’s scriptures,” said Rev. Darcy Roake, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, in a statement on the ACLU’s website.

Louisiana’s law has one big fan: Republican candidate Donald J. Trump.

I LOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND MANY OTHER PLACES, ABOUT THAT. READ IT — HOW CAN WE, AS A NATION, GO WRONG??? THIS MAY BE THE FIRST BIG STEP IN THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION, WHICH IS URGENTLY NEEDED IN OUR COUNTRY. BRING BACK… photo.twitter.com/V3o4n05Rv8

— Donald J. Trump posts from his Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) June 21, 2024

“I LOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND MANY OTHER PLACES, ABOUT THAT. READ IT — HOW CAN WE AS A NATION GO WRONG??? THIS MAY BE THE FIRST BIG STEP IN THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION, WHICH IS DESIRELY NEEDED IN OUR COUNTRY. BRING BACK TTC!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social last month.

Lester Duhé, a spokesman for Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murill, denied that the law has been blocked.

“The law is not ‘paused,’ ‘stalled,’ or ‘stopped.’ At the request of the district court, the named defendants in Roake v. Brumley agreed to refrain from taking any public compliance measures until November 15 to allow sufficient time for briefing, oral argument, and a decision. More specifically, the five defendant school boards and the defendant individuals agreed not to post the Ten Commandments in public schools or promulgate any related guidance, rules, or regulations before November 15. But they and all other schools in Louisiana remain subject to the law and the January 2025 compliance deadline. So again — the law is not ‘paused,’ ‘stalled,’ or ‘stopped,’” Duhé said in a statement.

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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about the widespread corruption and the constant attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-won freedoms. A Navy veteran, he is a frequent contributor to conservative websites and lives in Florida.

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