The 10 commandments must be on display in every classroom and other laws it’s hard to believe are real

This week, Louisiana Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed a law mandating that the Ten Commandments — yes, “thou shalt not commit adultery” etc — be displayed in every public school classroom in the state.

Landry has been pushing a hard-right Christian agenda since coming into office six months ago, and the culture war he’s waging also encompasses crackdowns on abortion rights and criminal justice.

At the bill signing ceremony in Lafayette on 19 June, Landry said: “If you want to respect the rule of law, you’ve got to start from the original lawgiver, which was Moses.”

The move has prompted widespread criticism from Democrats and it has already led to legal challenges from civil liberties groups.

Landry also signed other bills, mandating that transgender students be addressed using the pronouns on their birth certificates and that schools be allowed to hire chaplains. Last month, the state enacted a law classifying abortion pills as dangerous controlled substances.

But there are plenty of other laws Republicans have put in place on the state level over the years that may make some scratch their heads.

In Missouri, a bill was passed in 2014 by the statehouse allowing deadly force to be used on any private property against an intruder. While it was intended to give the power to residents to protect their homes, the way it was written meant that the conditions were so loose that anyone anywhere could argue that lethal force was motivated if they felt threatened, according to Salon.

This meant that a sports stadium, a shop, a restaurant, or anywhere else considered private property where someone was authorized to be could be a spot where an individual could use deadly force against anyone they may deem as unlawful