Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has come to the protection of a controversial new regulation in Louisiana.

House Bill 71, which was signed by the governor in June, requires each public college classroom to show the Ten Commandments, a call critics argue goes towards the separation of church and state. Sweet is not considered one of them.

“Just about everything else is allowed in schools right now,” he stated throughout a current dialog with The Metal Voice. “Children basically pledging allegiance to a rainbow flag. You know, that’s OK, that’s perfectly acceptable. I mean so why can’t the Ten Commandments be in there? Why can’t the Bible be in there?”

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Sweet has by no means been shy about his non secular beliefs as Stryper grew to become one of the crucial profitable Christian steel bands in historical past. He admitted that he’d “have to research and read up on” the regulation earlier than absolutely endorsing it, however insisted his opinion was extra a couple of perceived double customary.

“If we’re going to allow everything else [in the classroom], then you have to allow everything else, or not,” he defined.

‘We’re Not the Stryper of ‘86’

Elsewhere in the dialog, Sweet mentioned Stryper’s upcoming album, When We Were Kings, noting that the band continues to evolve.

“We’re not the Stryper of ‘86. We never will be ever again and we’re not ashamed of that,” he stated. “We’re a brand new band. Now that is Stryper 2024 and hopefully everybody’s nonetheless on board and there is new folks approaching board now with the brand new sound. There’s little bits of recent music in there you’ll be able to hear the little issues right here and there however not an excessive amount of. We’re not a contemporary rock band we do not need to be, however we need to step into 2024 and never sound like 1986 once more. “

When We Were Kings will be released on Sept. 13.

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