Ten Commandments, Texas and Law
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A federal appeals court will hear arguments in lawsuits seeking to block Texas and Louisiana from requiring classroom displays of the Ten Commandments.
The Ten Commandments, long removed from schools, may only have a short time before returning to classrooms across Texas. Senate Bill 10, passed during the regular legislative session earlier this year, requires a 16-by-20 inch poster of a Protestant ...
Texas cannot require public schools in Houston, Austin and other select districts to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state’s new requirement. Texas is the third state where courts ...
All three laws have been at least partially blocked – most recently Texas’ law – after federal trial court rulings. But the ongoing cases seem aimed at overturning a 45-year-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent prohibiting the posting of the Ten ...
An Arkansas Federal District Court recently ruled unconstitutional an Arkansas statute requiring public schools to "prominently display" a 16-by-20-inch poster of the ...
The Collier County Commission voted 4-1 to display the Ten Commandments alongside other historical documents in county buildings. The decision followed a heated debate, with opponents citing constitutional concerns about the separation of church and state ...
Organizers say county leaders initiated the project and private donors paid for the permanent display.