Gov. Greg Abbott’s new law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in all Texas public school classrooms is facing multiple legal challenges. Signed on June 22, SB 10 mandates displays beginning in the 2025–2026 school year.
Five Protestant pastors, Islamic leaders, and parents filed a federal lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency and several school districts, arguing the law violates both the U.S. and Texas constitutions. Plaintiffs say SB 10 pressures students into religious observance and infringes on parents’ rights to direct their children’s religious education.
The ACLU of Texas, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Freedom From Religion Foundation have also pledged lawsuits. They cite Stone v. Graham (1980), in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled classroom displays of the Ten Commandments unconstitutional.
The ACLU argues the law promotes a specific Protestant version of the commandments and excludes other faiths and nonreligious beliefs.
Abbott claims the state will prevail, citing a 2005 case he won involving a monument on state grounds, not school classrooms.
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