Former President Donald Trump is backing the position of the Ten Commandments in colleges and different public areas, dubbing it the “first main step within the revival of faith.”

Mr. Trump weighed in days after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, signed a legislation requiring the commandments to be positioned in each public classroom in his state.

“I like the Ten Commandments in public colleges, personal colleges, and plenty of different locations, for that matter,” Mr. Trump wrote Friday on Reality Social, deploying all-caps for emphasis. “Learn it — how can we, as a nation, go unsuitable???”

The American Civil Liberties Union and different teams plan to struggle the Louisiana legislation, which sparked one other debate in regards to the separation of church and state within the U.S.

Mr. Landry defended the choice to show commandments that, within the biblical narrative, had been handed to Moses. The governor stated, “You’ve obtained to start out from the unique lawgiver.”

The authorized struggle might get a pleasant viewers on the Supreme Courtroom, which has tilted towards the conservative proper lately by way of three appointments by Mr. Trump.

Mr. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee towards President Biden, isn’t a frequent church-goer or outwardly spiritual in his private life. However he’s courted Christian conservatives as a serious bloc of assist, which might clarify his embrace of the commandments.

“This can be, in reality, the primary main step within the revival of faith, which is desperately wanted, in our nation,” he wrote. “Convey again TTC!!! MAGA2024.”

Polls present Mr. Trump barely main or just about tied with Mr. Biden heading into the summer season occasion conventions.