A federal judge in Baton Rouge heard arguments yesterday over the state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms. One of the plaintiffs, Unitarian Universalist Minister Darcy Roake, says it’s not the state’s job to push religion on kids.
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The state argued that the Ten Commandments have historical significance and is not overtly religious. Attorney General Liz Murrill said the plaintiff’s expert witness, Steven K. Green of Willamette University, failed to prove that the posting of the Ten Commandments in classrooms violates the First Amendment.
Judge John deGravelles is expected to issue a ruling by November 15th.
A Louisiana Tech student has been accused of driving drunk and killing a 21-year-old man from Sterlington. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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A genealogist has identified the remains of five enslaved people who are buried on the grounds of a proposed plastics facility in St. James Parish. Lenora Gobert says the five people were between the ages of nine and 31 when they died, and that it was standard practice back then to bury the remains of enslaved people at the plantations they worked at. Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group says it has fenced off the burial site for protection.