CV NEWS FEED // Attorney General Liz Murrill (R-LA) filed a brief in federal court, requesting that the judge dismiss a lawsuit against the state’s new legislation requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
CatholicVote previously reported on the lawsuit against the new legislation.
Murill and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry discussed the decision in a press conference on Monday morning, according to Shreveport Times.
Shreveport Times reports that Murrill’s brief “includes illustrations of how the Ten Commandments can be displayed and incorporated into lesson plans that pass constitutional muster.”
Murrill stated in the press conference that having the Ten Commandments in classrooms could “create many meaningful teaching moments.”
“The attorney general has the full support of the governor’s office in implementing this law,” Landry, who signed the legislation, added.
He also said that he didn’t know “what the fuss is all about,” and that he, “didn’t know the Ten Commandments was such a bad way for people to live their lives.”
U.S. District Court Judge John deGravelles will hear the case on Sept. 30. He is expected to have a ruling by mid-November. In the meantime, schools may not post the Ten Commandments until at least Nov. 15.
