Arkansas’ families ask that the ten commandments be shown in public school classrooms, as required by a new state law.
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill in April that required the ten commandments and the “national motto”, to God we trust “, to be” prominent “in posters in the classrooms and public buildings of Arkansas.
The school’s mandate comes into force in August.
The posters, which must meet a certain size requirement, must be donated or funded through private donations, according to the law.
Schools can use public funds or donations to replace any non -compliant screen in accordance with.
A coalition of multi-fiia families argued in its legal challenge that the religious visualization requirement violates its religious freedom and parental rights.
“Publishing the ten commandments permanently in each classroom and library, inevitable, unconstitutionally pressures students in religious observation, veneration and adoption of the state -of -the -art religious scriptures,” says the demand.
“ It also sends the harmful and religious message that students who do not subscribe to the ten commandments, or, more precisely, to the specific version of the ten commandments that the act 573 requires that schools are displayed, do not belong to their own school community and press them to refrain from expressing any practice of faith or beliefs that are not aligned with the religious preferences of the State. ”
The demand was filed on behalf of families by the American Union of Civil Liberties, North -American United for the separation of the Church and the State and the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
“As North -American Jews, my husband and I deeply value the ability to breed our children in our faith, without government interference,” said the samantha Stinson plaintiff in a statement.
“By imposing a translation focused on Christians of the ten commandments on our children for almost every hour of each day of their school education, this law will infringe our rights as parents and create a school environment that is little desired and religious for our children.”
Name four school districts in the north – Arkansas – Fayetteville, Bentonville, Siloam Springs and Springdale – as defendants.
The plaintiffs call for a preliminary order to stop the implementation of the law while the demand is pending, according to the ACLU.
Fayetteville public schools, Bentonville Schools and Siloam Springs School District told Fox Digital News that they do not comment on the outstanding litigation, but “it seems that after reviewing the court’s presentation, the demand seeks to challenge the constitutionality of a new ARKANSAS law. [the school districts named in the lawsuit]. “”
Springdale schools did not immediately return a comment request.
Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed a law similar to law last year, which has also faced legal challenges.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the measure before it was effective in January, calling -the “unconstitutional in the face.”
Louisiana defended the religious exhibition in a federal appeal court in January.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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