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Louisiana is the first state to implement such a law in more than four decades.

A group of Louisiana parents and civil rights organizations are suing the state over its new law that requires all public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.

The groups defending the separation of church and state filed on behalf of parents whose rights, they said, were being affected.

A lawsuit challenging a Louisiana law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments was filed on Monday, just days after the law was signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry.

ACLU-LA Staff Attorney Andrew Perry discusses the implications of the new Ten Commandments law in Louisiana with Voz de América.

ACLU-LA Executive Director Alanah Odoms discusses the historical context and political motivations behind Louisiana's new Ten Commandments law with MSNBC's Alex Wagner and renowned religious scholar Anthea Butler.

A new law approved in Louisiana on Wednesday will require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms beginning in 2025, according to the Associated Press, a move likely to draw immediate legal challenges.

ACLU-LA Executive Director Alanah Odoms discusses the coming lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation with NBC's Peter Alexander.

The ACLU has threatened suit over a law they contend is "blatantly unconstitutional."