All Texas public school districts not involved with litigation will have to display copies of the Ten Commandments starting on Sept. 1, instructed state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday.
Paxton’s announcement follows last week’s district court ruling that the state could not direct public schools to hang copies of the foundational Jewish and Christian covenant laws.
The lawsuit follows Texas Senate Bill 10, which mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in every Texas classroom. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) signed the bill into law in June.
U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Fred Biery ruled that the 11 named school districts in the lawsuit, “and their officers, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, servants, employees, successors, and all other persons or entities in active concert
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