Florida also recently passed a policy which allowed volunteer religious chaplains to serve as student counselors. The ACLU has expressed "grave concerns" over Florida's policy but legal challenges have yet to be filed in that matter. ????? ???????

In July, both parties agreed that the Ten Commandments would not be posted in any public school classroom and that defendants -- including the state's Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education -- would not publicly move forward on the law's implementation until the court's decision in November. ????????????  

Supporters of the law say the Ten Commandments have historical significance to the foundation of U.S. history and are not just a religious text. ?????  

The suit further argues that the law violates a U.S. Supreme Court precedent, pointing to the Stone v. Graham case in which the court overturned a similar 1980 Kentucky law, holding that the separation of church and state bars public schools from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms. ????? ???????  

The lawsuit argues that requiring poster-sized displays of religious doctrine in classrooms violates the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights and the separation of church and state. ????????????