But ACLU and other opponents vow to continue fighting biblical guidelines
By Bob Unruh
A federal appeals court has sided with the state of Louisiana, allowing enforcement of a state law calling for the display of the Ten Commandments in school classrooms.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court’s injunction against the law was premature.
According to the Hill, the court found the Ten Commandments are religiously and historically significant, and the “dual character forecloses any categorical rule against their display on public property.”
“The parents (and the principal dissent) seek to sidestep this difficulty by framing the case as an attack on H.B. 71’s minimum requirements alone. But an unripe challenge does not become ripe merely because a party asserts that the challenged action would be unlawful on any conceivable set of facts. The Supreme Court has squarely rejected that approach,” the decision, which advances the case, said.