TEXAS, USA — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday instructed Texas public schools not impacted by a recent court ruling to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, in keeping with a new state law .

The news comes after a judge last week temporarily blocked the requirement, which is set to take effect Sept. 1, from being enforced in at least nine school districts, including one in North Texas. Paxton appealed the ruling.

A group of Texas families and religious leaders had sought to block the new law, Senate Bill 10, from taking effect, at least temporarily, arguing the law violates the First Amendment principles of separation of church and state and free exercise of religion. Eleven Texas school districts, including Plano ISD in North Texas, as well as Alamo Heights, North

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