‘Louisiana’s 49th in Education’: Liberal Fox News Contributor Gives Brutal Response to State’s New Ten Commandments Law

Democratic strategist and Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall questioned the priorities of Louisiana politicians a day after the governor signed a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed the measure on Wednesday, just days after telling donors, “I can’t wait to be sued” over the law.

The new law is already being challenged in court as an unconstitutional violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

“We’re suing Louisiana for requiring all public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom,” the American Civil Liberties Union announced on Wednesday. “Public schools are not Sunday schools.”

During Thursday’s edition of Outnumbered on Fox News, Marshall objected to the law, noting that Louisiana’s legislators should be focusing their efforts elsewhere.

“Louisiana’s 49th in education,” she declared. “We have 50 states. They are one from being the bottom in education. One. Two, [Louisiana has] one of the highest teen pregnancy rates. Three, school lunch programs – are we feeding the children? So, as a former Christian, one of the things that I would like to see, the Jesus that I know in the Bible… I think he would care more if we really cared about the children.”

Various publications issue annual state education rankings. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Louisiana ranks 42nd in education and 49th in children’s economic well-being and in children’s health. A ranking from U.S. News & World Report puts Louisiana at 47th in education.

The consensus among legal scholars is that the Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional, with some saying it is “flagrantly” so.

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