Ten Commandments go up on college campuses across Louisiana 

Days after most Louisiana university students left campus for the summer, schools across the state began posting the Ten Commandments in vacant classrooms. 

The posters, donated by the conservative organization Louisiana Family Forum, have been posted in classrooms across the entire LSU system, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System and at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Spokespeople for the Southern University System and the University of Louisiana System have not yet responded to requests for comment sent Wednesday as to whether they have been posted in their classrooms. 

Gene Mills, president of Louisiana Family Forum, did not respond to a request for comment sent Thursday. 

Louisiana lawmakers passed a law in 2024 requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every K-12, college and university classroom at schools that accept state money. The law was mired in a legal battle until earlier this year, when the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it could go into effect. 

Though the law requires the Ten Commandments to be posted in classrooms, it has no enforcement mechanism or penalties for schools or teachers that do not comply. 

The statue requires a specific version of the Ten Commandments, one that’s popular among evangelical denominations, to be printed on 11-by-14-inch posters, at minimum, and up to 18-by-24-inches to ensure readability, according to guidance from Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill. The posters should only be put up if they are donated or privately funded, according to her guidance. 

LSU System President Wade Rousse embraced the posters in comments to the media earlier this year. 

“Personally, I think shining a light on God is never a negative thing, but that’s just a personal statement of mine,” Rousse said in February. “We’re going to move as quickly as we need to to stay in compliance with the law.” 

Louisiana’s public K-12 schools received donated posters from the Louisiana Family Forum earlier this year, The Advocate reported.