New Louisiana Law Requires Ten Commandments Be Displayed in All Classrooms

While Stone v Graham specifically addressed the Ten Commandments, the ruling has been interpreted more broadly to prohibit the display of religious texts like the Bible in public school classrooms when done so for a primarily religious purpose. The Court reasoned that such displays could be seen as endorsing a particular religion, which would violate the principle of government neutrality towards religion. I disagree with the "neutrality" portion of the ruling. 1A says nothing about "neutrality." In fact, if anything, 1A is pro-religion. It was written to keep gov't out of religion, not to keep religion out of gov't. And I also contend that requiring the Ten Commandments does not endorse a particular religion anymore than a Christmas tree does. Both symbols of religion are nowadays more secular and cultural than religious. The movie "The Ten Commandments" with Charlton Heston is a secular favorite of religious and non-religious Americans alike, it's not used as a Jewish recruitment film, nor the Ten Commandments themselves a Jewish recruitment pamphlet. The Christian faith also believes in the Old Testament and Commandments, but taken at face value, they represent moral and ethical guidelines for life, and harken to the American roots of Judeo/Christian ethics, on which our laws and society are based. I have a feeling that today's Supreme Court might overturn the 1980 decision in S v G.

MAJ Montgomery Granger there will be another lawsuit to clarify stone vs Graham on this issue and there is greater likely hood of the law being struck down than not.