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Louisiana's legislature has passed a bill requiring all public schools to display the Ten Commandments. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry's signature is needed to make it law. Rep. Dodie Horton, R-Haughton, introduced the bill, which was passed by the GOP-led House 79-16 on Tuesday night.
The Republican-controlled state Senate passed the House bill with a 30-8 vote on May 16.
The legislation requires the text of the Ten Commandments be printed on a poster no smaller than 11 inches by 14 inches, Nola.com reported.
"I'm not concerned with an atheist. I'm not concerned with a Muslim," Horton said when asked about teachers who might not subscribe to the Ten Commandments. "I'm concerned with our children looking and seeing what God's law is."
The Republican-controlled state Senate passed the House bill with a 30-8 vote on May 16.
The legislation requires the text of the Ten Commandments be printed on a poster no smaller than 11 inches by 14 inches, Nola.com reported.
"I'm not concerned with an atheist. I'm not concerned with a Muslim," Horton said when asked about teachers who might not subscribe to the Ten Commandments. "I'm concerned with our children looking and seeing what God's law is."