Fight Over Commandments Begins

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry is about to get the fight that he says he is ready for. When Landry signed a law that would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in public school and university classrooms, he knew that there would be opposition. Never mind the fact that court rulings have gone against such measures citing the separation of church and state against establishing a "national" religion. Conservatives like Landry still persist in having it their way. The bill that Landry signed into law would require (demand is a better word) that the Commandments be posted in writing large enough for those who want to read it to do so. However, the placement of where they would be is not supposed to be a distraction for students. There is not supposed to be any teaching related to the Commandments, but this reporter assumes would only be a reminder of the things that humans are not supposed to do. Didn't we learn that at home, which is where teaching normally starts in our early years? Landry believes that not having the state to furnish the postings with taxpayer money, that by letting groups favorable to him foot the bill absolves him of any association with those groups. The governor may have forgotten that the Ten Commandments are only in the classrooms because of his signature. He didn't have to sign the bill, as there is no great demand from voters to put Christianity led documents in any classroom in the first place. There are groups already taking the governor to court, as he is counting on conservative judges in whatever jurisdiction will hear the case to rule in his favor all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Landry also knows that by taking the action that he did, it will be a great political item for conservatives to press, saying that liberals are trying to take God out of the classrooms. One has to wonder if there is a plague in Landry's office with the Ten Commandments enshrined on it. Afterall, if he believes so much in the Commandments, why did he sign a bill that makes it harder for the public to get information through the Freedom of Information Act? Perhaps Landry is trying to surpass Texas's governor Gregg Abbott as the most anti-liberal governor who wants to take Louisiana back to a time when it was known for some really shady politics. He has the power and only wants more. The only thing that can stop him is if enough voters along with more legislators would tell the governor, “Enough is enough. Let's see where we are four years from now. Let the fight begin.