ACLU sues Louisiana over requiring the display of Ten Commandments in public schools

The state recently passed a law requiring that all public schools display the Ten Commandments in every classroom

US civil liberties groups have sued Louisiana for what they called its blatantly unconstitutional" new law requiring all state-funded schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) joined with its Louisiana affiliate and two other bodies - Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom of Religion Foundation - for the suit against the law, signed on Wednesday by the state's rightwing Republican governor, Jeff Landry.