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Texas’ new state law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in schools is already under a legal attack.
A group of activists is suing to prevent the law from going into effect.
Governor Greg Abbot Signed Senate Bill 10 last Friday.At the time, he posted on X “Faith and freedom are the foundation of our nation. If anyone sues, we'll win that battle.”
The first lawsuit is now underway.
The suit was filed by a group of Islamic, non-denominational and Christian organizations.
It claims the law violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which prohibits the state establishment of a religion. In the filing, it says “nearly six million students in about 9,100 public elementary and secondary schools … will be forcibly subjected to religious mandates, every single school day.”
The bill requires the commandments be displayed in a “conspicuous place” in all classrooms in public schools, and that the lettering be big enough to be read by anyone with average vision anywhere in the classroom.
The law requiring the commandments is scheduled to go into effect on September 1.