Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry shredded for ‘forcing set of beliefs’ as he defends displaying Ten Commandments in schools mandate

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA: Gov Jeff Landry defended the state of Louisiana's mandate to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms during his appearance on 'America Reports' on Friday, June 21.

According to Fox News, the Republican politician has been facing strong criticism for signing the related bill on Wednesday, June 19, but has backed his stance stating that the United States was founded upon "Judeo-Christian" principles.

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Responding to the backlash over his decision, Landry stated on Friday, "I didn't know that living the Ten Commandments is a bad way to live life. I didn't know that it was so vile to obey the Ten Commandments. I think that speaks volumes about how eroded this country has become."

"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. I mean, right now, schools... basically treat kids like critters, and yet the Ten Commandments is something bad to put in schools? It's just amazing, it really is."

The Governor claimed that the state believes in displaying historical documents, especially something "as important as the Ten Commandments".

"When the Supreme Court meets, the doors of the Supreme Court on the backside have the Ten Commandments," he explained.

"Moses faces the US Speaker of the House in the House chamber. He is the original giver of law. Most of our laws in this country are founded on the Ten Commandments. What's the big problem? That's the part that I don't understand."

Landry even argued against the idea of "separation of church and state", insisting that it does not exist in the First Amendment of the Constitution.

"It's a metaphor that was breathed into the First Amendment by a liberal Supreme Court in the 1930s... Look at all of the documents. All of the founding documents of this nation were based upon Judeo-Christian principles. We've got it on our money. We've got it all over our Capitol. We have it in the Supreme Court," he said.

He added, "It is those that want to extract that out of the foundation of this country that really and truly want to create the chaos that ultimately is the demise of this nation."

Internet slams Jeff Landry's stance

Reacting to the Louisiana governor's statements, a user wrote over the social media platform X, "Yeah, because nothing says 'good governance' like forcing a specific set of beliefs down people's throats. Like, I get it, the guy's got faith and all, but come on, separation of church and state, dude."

"If trump gets elected, you can also put the poster boy for the seven deadly sins next to it," jibed another.

"What happened to the separation of church and state?" inquired a third.

"Portraits of Jesus holding the Ten Commandments in classrooms is a painful slap to the face non-religious, non-Christians, Jewish and moslem parents and students," commented a fourth user.

"Religious indoctrination is not in the Constitution," noted a fifth.

"GOP, dragging America back to the Dark ages. Welcome to the United States of Iran.....er I mean 'Murica," quipped a sixth.

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