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Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a lawsuit against Galveston ISD after it voted against displaying a copy of the Ten Commandments in school classrooms, despite a legal obligation to do so.
Galveston ISD recently voted to completely ignore Senate Bill 10, which requires all Texas public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments in every single classroom. Eleven districts are currently exempted due to ongoing litigation, but Galveston ISD is not one of them.
Paxton said in a press release announcing the lawsuit, “By refusing to follow the law, Galveston ISD chose to both blatantly ignore the Legislature and also ignore the legal and moral heritage of our nation.”
He went on to say that there is no legal basis that would prevent Texas schools from following the law and honoring the Ten Commandments, which he called a “foundational framework of our laws.”