A district judge ruled to block Arkansas on Monday New rule About ten commands hanging in classes in four school districts.
US District Judge Timothy L. Brooks, an appointment by former President Obama, ruled that it could not be implemented in some largest school districts in the state, but dozens of others would need to hang posters with the beginning of the academic year.
The judge said, “Why Arkansas will pass a clear unconstitutional law? Most likely because the state is part of a coordinated strategy between many states, which is to injected Christian religious principles into public-school classes.”
“These states see the decision of the last decade by the Supreme Court on religious demonstrations in public places as a indication that the court would be open to see its examples on religious demonstrations in terms of public-school on religious demonstrations in public places.”
Law, similar to those who challenged Louisiana And TexasThey say ten Commandments Each public school should be easily displayed in readable letters in class.
Both laws in Texas and Louisiana have been blocked by the court, but both are also fighting back.
“Public Schools are not Sunday schools,” Heather Weaver said, the American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU) is a senior advocate for the freedom and trust of the program. “Today’s decision ensures that our customer classes will remain places where all students, regardless of their trust, welcome and learn without worrying that they do not live up to the state’s favorite religious beliefs.”
ACLU, Americans united for the separation of the church and the state and freedom from the Dharma Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of a group of families. It is not clear whether the groups will fight for the extensive prohibition of law for all Arkansas public schools.
The hill has reached the Attorney General of Arkansas for comment.
