Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed into law a bill that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom across the state. The law, which is set to take effect in 2025, mandates that all public schools, from kindergarten through university level, display a poster or framed document of the Ten Commandments in each classroom.

The bill was introduced by Republican state Representative Dodie Horton, who argued that the Ten Commandments are "rooted in legal history" and that the law would place a "moral code" in the classroom. Supporters of the law have also cited the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, which ruled that a high school football coach's prayers amounted to private speech protected by the First Amendment.

However, the law has faced significant opposition from civil rights groups and organizations that advocate for the separation of church and state. They argue that the law violates the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the government from establishing or favoring any religion. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has already announced plans to challenge the law in court.

Governor Landry, who signed the bill into law at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Lafayette, defended the law by stating, "If you want to respect the rule of law, you've got to start from the original law-giver, which was Moses." He also quoted James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, who said, "(w)e have staked the whole future of our new nation ... upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments."

Louisiana is now the first state in the nation to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms. The law is expected to face legal challenges as it is implemented in the coming years.