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Eugene

(66,355 posts)
Mon Aug 4, 2025, 11:28 PM Aug 4

Judge blocks 4 districts from enforcing Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classroom

Source: Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new Arkansas law requiring public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments cannot be enforced in a handful of the state’s largest school districts where parents brought challenges on the grounds that it violates the separation of church and state, a federal judge ruled Monday.

But the ruling by U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks, an appointee of former President Obama, only narrowly applied to four of the state’s 237 districts. That left the impact of the decision limited as thousands of Arkansas students prepared to return to class this month.

The injunction is the latest legal turn in a widening push in Republican-led states to give religion a bigger presence in public schools. Texas and Louisiana have passed similar laws requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments and the issue is expected to eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Why would Arkansas pass an obviously unconstitutional law?” Brooks wrote in his 35-page ruling. “Most likely because the state is part of a coordinated strategy among several states to inject Christian religious doctrine into public-school classrooms.”

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By ANDREW DEMILLO
Updated 11:11 PM EDT, August 4, 2025


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/ten-commandments-classrooms-arkansas-injunction-lawsuit-1120fe1c8210e789e9d6d3cae7225ecc

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Judge blocks 4 districts from enforcing Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classroom (Original Post) Eugene Aug 4 OP
We who believe that head-hunting is the TRUE path to salvation...... lastlib Aug 5 #1
Head shrinking should be one of the tenents. ... littlemissmartypants Aug 5 #2
It is an article of the faith. lastlib Aug 5 #3
Absolutely! When do we get started? littlemissmartypants Aug 5 #4
Which districts? Fayetteville? sinkingfeeling Aug 5 #5

lastlib

(26,707 posts)
1. We who believe that head-hunting is the TRUE path to salvation......
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 12:03 AM
Aug 5

DEMAND Equal Time. Post a poster of a headhunter with his neighbor's head impaled on a stick to reveal to our children how they can feel the peace of salvation through headhunting!

We shall not rest until this is done!

littlemissmartypants

(29,818 posts)
2. Head shrinking should be one of the tenents. ...
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 02:30 AM
Aug 5

Last edited Tue Aug 5, 2025, 04:02 AM - Edit history (1)

Though I can think of some that are already too small to house sufficient brains without it.

😉

lastlib

(26,707 posts)
3. It is an article of the faith.
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 05:03 AM
Aug 5

The shrunken head is the final proof of the act of headhunting.

May I count you as among the faithful?

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