A federal appeals court ruled April 21 that the state of Texas may order every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments, marking a victory to supporters of the law.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which voted 9-7, upheld Texas Senate Bill 10, overturning a lower-court injunction that had barred the 2025 law from taking effect.
“We conclude the Texas law does not violate either the Establishment Clause or the Free Exercise Clause,” Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan wrote for the majority opinion.
Civil liberties groups for the plaintiffs, which included a coalition of 15 multi-faith Texas families, denounced the decision….