RELIGION, POLITICS
Law on Posting Commandments Is Move Toward Religious Control
Christian nationalists seek to have their faith dominate U.S.
The new Louisiana law requiring postings of a the Ten Commandments in classrooms, including at universities, is the latest strategy by a movement determined to transform America into the Christian promised land.
“If you wanna respect the rule of law, you gotta start from the original law giver, which was Moses,” Gov. Jeff Landry said after the June 19 signing of the law, which endorses only the Protestant translation of the commandments. “I mean, look, this country was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and every time we steer away from that we have problems in our nation.”
Seventy-three percent of Americans reject that idea of a Christian-only nation, according to a 2023 survey from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution.
But Christian nationalists are betting that super-conservative federal courts will find ways to endorse it.
The current Supreme Court has a history of overturning precedent and principle, especially to expand religious freedom for Christians. For example: A 2022 ruling in favor of a high school football coach whose contract was not…
