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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88412, member: 27"] Federal judges keep blocking Ten Commandments classroom laws, but Republican-led states are flooding schools with religious posters anyway and betting the Supreme Court will eventually back them up. Louisiana leads the charge [LIST] [*]Louisiana became the first state to mandate classroom displays in 1980. [*]A Fifth Circuit ruling lifted the injunction, letting the law proceed. [*]Governor Jeff Landry ordered superintendents to hang the posters immediately. [*]Challengers are exploring paths to get Supreme Court review. [/LIST] Arkansas and Texas laws hit courtroom walls [LIST] [*]An Arkansas judge permanently blocked the law as unconstitutional coercion. [*]He called, displaying sacred texts in classrooms, straight-up proselytizing. [*]Two Texas judges blocked enforcement across 24 school districts. [*]Ken Paxton appealed and threatened to sue noncompliant districts. [/LIST] More states are lining up [LIST] [*]South Carolina's bill passed the House and heads to the Senate. [*]Alabama wants displays in every fifth-through-twelfth-grade history classroom. [*]West Virginia's version covers all public buildings statewide. [*]Missouri's bill appears stalled for the time being. [/LIST] The legal and cultural battle is escalating [LIST] [*]Church groups have flooded schools with donated posters already. [*]At least one Texas teacher resigned over the mandate. [*]Critics say these laws trample parents' religious-education rights. [*]Indiana and Tennessee are pushing softer, permission-based alternatives. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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