The case wound its way to the Supreme Court, which ultimately struck down the Kentucky law: There was no secular purpose to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms, the court stated in its 1980 Stone v. Graham decision.
Louisiana is the first state to require the Ten Commandments in public schools since the 1980 Supreme Court ruling, and nine plaintiffs filed a lawsuit this week claiming the law violates parents' rights.
Long said it's unsurprising that this tension has resurfaced given the country's political climate, but the answer is in the Constitution, she added. 'You want religion to be free from the government, just as you want the government to be free from religion,' Long said.
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