It's Thursday, June 20th, 2024. The Ten Commandments are back in Louisiana schools.

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Again, ask or tell me anything on the Friday edition. But first, Republican voters in Virginia's fifth congressional district still do not yet know whether House Freedom Caucus chairman Bob Good was on his way to a fifth term in office or whether his opponent, state Senator John McGuire, won Tuesday's GOP primary, a race that highlighted the divide on the right.

With 96% of the votes counted, McGuire leads with 31,402 votes

compared to 31,057 for good, a margin of just 345 votes. All state offices in Virginia were

closed on Wednesday in observance of Juneteenth, so the remaining votes will be counted today.

The winner of the Republican primary is probably certainly likely to win the general election

in the Southside Virginia District.

Cook Political Report rates the race as solid Republican.

Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed

in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated

legislature. The legislation that Republican Governor Jeffrey Landry signed into law yesterday requires a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in large, easily readable font in all public classrooms from kindergarten to state-funded universities.

Opponents questioned the law's constitutionality and vowed to

challenge it in court. Proponents said the measure is not solely religious, but that it has

historical significance. The language of the law, the Ten Commandments, are, quote, foundational

documents of our state and national government. The posters will be paired with a four-paragraph

context statement describing how the Ten Commandments were a prominent part of American public education for almost three centuries.

The Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms are slated to start by the start of next year.

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