More Texas school districts sued over display of Ten Commandments in classrooms
A federal judge in August issued a temporary injunction blocking 11 school districts from implementing Senate Bill 10, the new Texas law requiring public schools to display the commandments. Fourteen additional school districts, including Conroe ISD, have now been sued by the same coalition of civil rights groups.
Conroe ISD to display Ten Commandments after initially pausing rollout in response to court ruling
The school district north of Houston, although not directly impacted by a federal injunction that temporarily blocks the display of the commandments, initially said it would hold off on hanging them in its classrooms. Conroe ISD changed course after a directive from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
11 Texas school districts temporarily blocked from displaying Ten Commandments, federal judge rules
Texas' Senate Bill 10, which requires the commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom in the state, is set to take effect Sept. 1. U.S. Judge Fred Biery, in a temporary injunction issued Wednesday, blocked several school districts in the Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio areas from following the new law.
Ten Commandments posters arrive in Texas public schools, thanks to Glenn Beck, Christian conservative groups
Senate Bill 10, which is being challenged in court, will require the commandments to be displayed in every Texas public school classroom starting Sept. 1. Neither teachers nor their schools are required to provide or pay for the posters, but they can’t reject a donated poster. Houston Public Media took a look at those behind the effort.
Federal court in San Antonio hears legal challenge to Texas’ Ten Commandments school display law
Attorneys representing 16 Texas families of varying religious and nonreligious backgrounds requested an injunction to block Senate Bill 10 from taking effect, pending the outcome of a challenge to its constitutionality.
Opponents of Ten Commandments display law seek to block its enforcement as school year begins in Houston
A quartet of civil liberties organizations is suing the state on behalf of 16 Texas families of various religious and non-religious backgrounds. The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction to stop Senate Bill 10, requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public-school classrooms, from taking effect on Sept. 1.
New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom
The measure is expected to draw a legal challenge. A similar law in Louisiana was blocked when a federal appeals court ruled Friday that it was unconstitutional.
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Civil liberties groups set to sue Texas over bill requiring Ten Commandments display in public schools
Four civil liberties groups, some of which already are suing Louisiana over its law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public-school classrooms, plan to file a lawsuit against Texas as soon as Gov. Greg Abbott signs Senate Bill 10.
A 20-hour wait to speak: A pre-dawn Texas House panel takes up Ten Commandments bill
Dozens of people who signed up to speak were ready at 4 a.m. to debate whether public school classrooms should have to display the Ten Commandments.
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