By Will Hall BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Gov. Jeff Landry signed HB71 into law, June 19, making Louisiana the first state in the nation to restore the display of the Ten Commandments in its schools. The legislation, which was authored by Rep. Dodie Horton, a member with First Baptist Church, Haughton, Louisiana, requires a poster or framed document of the Ten Commandments (“at least eleven inches by fourteen inches,” and in “large, easily readable font”) to be placed in every state-funded classroom, kindergarten through college, no later than Jan. 1, 2025. The law uses a version of the Ten Commandments that is adapted from the King James Bible, and it requires the display to include a “context statement” about “The History of the Ten Commandments in American Public Education.” That mandated paragraph emphasizes “The Ten Commandments were a prominent part of American public education for almost three centuries,” beginning with the “The New England Primer,” the first published American textbook (1688). It served as a first-grade reader in U.S. public schools for nearly 150 years. Horton, who successfully championed a law last year to allow the posting in schools of the national motto, “In God We Trust” (which received … [Read more...]

By Gene Mills, Louisiana Family Forum president BATON ROUGE, La. (LFF) -- Recently, the Advocate published an article discussing consumable THC (psychoactive drug) available in gas stations and convenience stores throughout Louisiana. Although the author provides a treasure trove of data, he ignores the inherent danger of “gas station heroin,” while glorifying profits to the sellers and the state It has long been the policy of Louisiana and federal law, that THC either in the marijuana or the hemp is a dangerous drug and should not be randomly available. In the last decade, lawmakers have conditionally allowed the controlled growing and dispensing of medicinal marijuana for patients under the supervision of a physician. Recreational marijuana remains illegal in Louisiana and hemp- derived THC entrepreneurs are making a mockery of our law by exploiting a loophole created when hemp farming was approved for industrial use. This industry purports to sell THC-infused products to adults, but they also migrate into the hands of minors. Hemp is extremely low in THC, that’s how the former leadership sold this Cannabis Cabal to the Legislature. So, to remedy naturally-THC-bereft hemp, entrepreneurs use processes which multiply THC … [Read more...]