Louisiana has agreed to delay implementing a requirement that the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms, at least until November. The agreement was approved in federal court Friday. The law's opponents argue in a lawsuit that it violates constitutional language forbidding government establishment of religion and guaranteeing religious liberty. Backers of the law argue that the Ten Commandments belong in classrooms are part of the historical foundation of U.S. law. Under the agreement, state education officials won't adopt rules implementing the law before Nov. 15. The agreement also keeps some local school systems named in the suit from posting the commandments before that date.
