路易斯安那州的新法律要求所有公立学校教室周二，一名法官暂时阻止了十诫的展示，称其“表面上和所有应用中都违反了宪法。”
路易斯安那州一个有孩子在公立学校的多信仰家庭团体要求该州对HB 71法律提出了挑战，该法律要求公立学校从幼儿园到大学在每个教室的“至少11英寸乘14英寸的海报或框架文件”上展示宗教文本。
该诉讼认为，要求在教室里展示海报大小的宗教教义违反了原告的第一修正案权利和政教分离。
该诉讼进一步认为，该法律违反了美国最高法院的一个先例，指向斯通诉格雷厄姆案，在该案中，法院推翻了1980年肯塔基州的一项类似法律，认为政教分离禁止公立学校在教室张贴十诫。
该法律的支持者说，十诫对美国历史的基础具有历史意义，而不仅仅是一部宗教文本。
7月，双方同意十诫不会张贴在任何公立学校的教室里，被告包括该州的路易斯安那州中小学教育委员会不会公开推进该法的实施，直到法院在11月做出裁决。
这项立法是最近保守党支持的几项努力之一将基督教或宗教融入全国的课堂。
六月，俄克拉荷马州的州长有序教育者将圣经融入他们的课程，这也是在一场法律战中.
佛罗里达州最近也通过了一项政策，允许志愿宗教牧师担任学生辅导员。美国公民自由联盟表示“严重关切”佛罗里达州的政策，但法律挑战尚未提交的问题。
Judge blocks Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms
Louisiana's new law requiring allpublic school classroomsto display the Ten Commandments was temporarily blocked on Tuesday by a judge who called it "unconstitutional on its face and in all applications."
A multi-faith group of Louisiana families with children in public schoolssuedthe state to challenge the law, HB 71, which mandates that public schools -- from kindergarten to the collegiate level -- display the religious text in every classroom on "a poster or framed document that is at least 11 inches by 14 inches."
The lawsuit argues that requiring poster-sized displays of religious doctrine in classrooms violates the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights and the separation of church and state.
The suit further argues that the law violates a U.S. Supreme Court precedent, pointing to the Stone v. Graham case in which the court overturned a similar 1980 Kentucky law, holding that the separation of church and state bars public schools from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
Supporters of the law say the Ten Commandments have historical significance to the foundation of U.S. history and are not just a religious text.
In July, both parties agreed that the Ten Commandments would not be posted in any public school classroom and that defendants -- including the state's Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education -- would not publicly move forward on the law's implementation until the court's decision in November.
The legislation isone of several recent conservative-backed effortsto incorporate Christianity or religion into the classroom across the country.
In June, Oklahoma's state superintendentordered educatorsto incorporate the Bible into their lessons, an order that is also in themidst of a legal battle.
Florida also recently passed a policy which allowed volunteer religious chaplains to serve as student counselors. The ACLU has expressed"grave concerns"over Florida's policy but legal challenges have yet to be filed in that matter.
