A federal judge in San Antonio ordered a preliminary injunction to block some school districts in Texas from implementing a new state law that requires all public elementary and secondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
Passed by state lawmakers during the 89th regular legislative session, Senate Bill 10 requires public elementary or secondary schools to display a 16-by-20 inch framed poster of the Ten Commandments in a “conspicuous place” in each classroom.
The new law also requires school districts to accept donations of posters or money for posters from the community.
Set to take effect Sept. 1, local parents quickly filed suit against school districts they live in to block them from putting up the religious posters.
Parents and advocates against SB 10 sa