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-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email John Oliver on Sunday's edition of "Last Week Tonight" called out the latest chapter of the culture war Republicans are waging on public schools. Oliver noted that Louisiana last week became the first state to require the Ten Commandments be displayed in public classrooms "from kindergarten to publicly funded universities," highlighting the growing trend of Republicans pushing Christian ideology into public education. Louisiana Gov.

Jeff Landry signed the bill into law last Wednesday, saying, "If you want to respect the rule of law, you gotta start from the original lawgiver, which was Moses." Oliver retorted "First: Moses was not the original lawgiver. That would be—say it with me—Ur-Nammu, king of the ancient Sumerian third dynasty of Ur, that’s right.



It’s something we all know. But more importantly, it’s true: Louisiana will now require the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public classrooms, even kindergartens. Which is absurd.

" Related "Alarming": John Oliver exposes Trump plot to create his own loyalist "Deep State" if he wins "Kindergarteners don’t need 'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife' next to their cubbies. That’s not a thing they do. And even if they did, who cares? They’re five.

If you’re that worried about your wife running off with a five-year-old, your marriage has problems no god can fix," Oliver joked. The host also pointed out that behind the governor, "one of the kids collapsed and Land.

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