Little Rock, Arkansas (Kark– The Arkansas Governor Sarah Hakabi Sanders has signed a bill in law this week Religious presentations in the classroom State Law.
Fell Senate Bill 433Which imposes the width of the ten commandments and “God we trust” in the chapters of Arkansas and the public buildings that are preserved or managed by taxpayer money.
Putting money must be obtained through special donations, or stickers may be donated. The stickers must meet the minimum volume requirements in the 11 -inch Law of “God we trust” and 16 in 20 inches for the ten wills.
The law imposes the specific language of the will offered, using the typical formulation in the oldest English translations of the Bible, such as “You”. The ten times appear three times in the Bible, all in the Old Testament.
The draft law received wide support in both rooms, with 27-4 vote in the Senate and 71-20 votes in the House of Representatives. The Senator Jim Dotonville and MP Alisa Brown were the primary sponsors of the draft law, with 13 Monsor.
Louisiana passed a similar law in 2024, but a It was banned by the federal judge Before implementing it, quoting its “public religious” nature. Meanwhile, in March, the Senate in Texas acknowledged a draft law to place The ten commandments in the classes of public schools.
The implementation of the Ten Commandments in the classroom was widely criticized outside Christian societies for various reasons, including doing so is the matter Violation of non -Christian religious freedoms And that their offer violates the separation of the church and the state.
the The American Civil Liberties Union in Arkansas He strongly called against legislation.
In a statement earlier this year, the American Civil Liberties Union in Arkansas said, in part: “Public schools are for education-not religious indoctrination. Forcing a selected version of the religious book on the pressures of classrooms on compatibility or risk that they are treated as strangers.