Professor Michael Helfand Quoted in "Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law Will Test Religion-Friendly Courts, Experts Say" -- Washington Post

Professor Michael A. Helfand is quoted in the Washington Post article, "Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law Will Test Religion-Friendly Courts, Experts Say." The article considers a measure signed by Louisiana's governor that requires taxpayer-financed schools to display the Ten Commandments on a poster or framed document in every classroom by January 1. 

Excerpts from "Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law Will Test Religion-Friendly Courts, Experts Say"

“Now we are in somewhat uncharted territory,” said Michael Helfand, a professor focused on religion and ethics at Pepperdine University’s law school.

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Pepperdine’s Helfand said it is true that the Founding Fathers invoked the Bible and the Ten Commandments when America was born, but they still called for people to be able to worship or not as they pleased. The legal debate now may shift to the question of coercion, he said. When is someone being forced to engage with a religion they do not embrace? Might that include seeing the Ten Commandments on their classroom wall?
 
“You still can’t prefer one religion over another,” Helfand said.

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