The law goes into effect Sept. 1, but sixteen Texas families filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, trying to block it from taking effect.
SAN ANTONIO — Northside, North East and Alamo Heights ISDs are just a few area school districts named in a lawsuit trying to stop the Ten Commandments from being displayed in all public school classrooms.
The suit is in reference to Senate Bill 10, which Governor Greg Abbott signed into law.
The law goes into effect Sept. 1, but sixteen Texas families filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, trying to block it from taking effect.
Senate Bill 10 requires the Protestant version of the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.
The families suing come from different religious and non-religious backgrounds.
They argue the bill violates the First Amendment, specifically protections for the right to free religious exercise and the separation of church and state.
One of the arguments in the suit states that because public school students are required to attend, displaying the Ten Commandments “religiously coerces them while they’re a captive audience.”
Locally, along with Northside, North East, and Alamo Heights school districts, the suit also names Lackland ISD.
KENS 5 reached out to those school districts for comment and haven’t heard back yet.
The full lawsuit can be read here.