SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Nexstar) -- A federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction against Senate Bill 10, which was set to take effect on September 1 and require all public school classrooms in Texas to post the Ten Commandments somewhere visible.

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery issued the ruling Wednesday, siding with the group of families and faith leaders who brought the suit against multiple school districts. In his filing, Biery said SB 10 crosses the line from exposure to coercion. The injunction only applies to the 11 school districts that were named in the lawsuit.

"Ultimately, in matters of conscience, faith, beliefs and the soul, most people are Garbo-esque," Biery wrote. "They just want to be left alone, neither proselytized nor ostracized, including what occurs to

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