TEXAS HANGS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: New Law Requires Biblical Display in Every Public School Classroom
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10 into law in June, requiring public elementary and secondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting with the 2025-2026 school year.
The new law mandates that all public schools hang a "durable poster or framed copy" of the Ten Commandments in a conspicuous place in each classroom. The displays must be at least 16 inches wide and 20 inches tall.
Many Texas classrooms are far along in implementing the law, which has animated school board meetings, spun up guidance about what to say when students ask questions, and led to boxes of donated posters being dropped on the doorsteps of campuses statewide.
In suburban Dallas, school officials in Frisco spent about $1,800 to print nearly 5,000 posters, even though the law only requires schools to hang the Ten Commandments if the displays are donated.
U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia on November 18 ordered 14 districts to remove the posters from classroom walls by December 1, concluding that the law "makes it impossible" for children to avoid the Ten Commandment displays.
The Texas law is being challenged by families who argue it violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
The families come from a variety of religious backgrounds including agnostic, atheist, Jewish, Christian, Hindu and Baha'i.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on January 20 will hear both the Texas case and a similar case happening in Louisiana, which was the first state to pass a requirement to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
High school theater teacher Gigi Cervantes resigned because she felt the law forced her to impose religious doctrine on her students.
Band director Johnnie Cotton also resigned, stating on Facebook that he believed "very strongly that politics and religion have no place in the public schools".
Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a formal legal advisory stating
"The Ten Commandments are indisputably a cornerstone of America's moral and legal heritage. Our founders drew upon the eternal truths captured in these commandments to form a nation built on law and ordered liberty".
The law includes strong legal protections for schools, with the state attorney general defending any school facing lawsuits and Texas covering all expenses.
THE CRUSADER'S OPINION
Texas hung the Ten Commandments. In every classroom. Every public school. 5.5 million children will see God's law daily.
The Left is losing their minds.
Federal judges ordered removal. Teachers resigned. ACLU screamed "unconstitutional." Civil rights groups cried "establishment of religion."
Meanwhile parents donated thousands of posters. Frisco printed 5,000. School boards voted compliance. Attorney General Paxton promised full legal defense.
This is what winning looks like.
For decades, secular activists stripped Christianity from schools. No prayer. No Bible. No acknowledgment of God. Then they wondered why students have no moral foundation.
Texas said enough. Not asking permission. Not apologizing. Just hanging the commandments that built Western civilization.
The arguments against it are absurd. "Students might feel excluded." "What about other faiths?" "This violates separation of church and state."
The same people who mandate LGBTQ curriculum suddenly care about student comfort. The same activists pushing Islam units worry about religious imposition. The same courts that allow drag queen story hour cite the Constitution.
Texas isn't establishing a state religion. It's acknowledging the moral law that established America.
Fifth Circuit hears the case in January. Louisiana's parallel law moves forward. Arkansas passed similar legislation.
The tide is turning. One commandment at a time.
TAKE ACTION
Support Texas Ten Commandments Law
- First Liberty Institute – Leading legal defense for religious freedom in schools
Website: www.firstliberty.org | Phone: 972-941-4444 - Alliance Defending Freedom – Supporting Texas in Ten Commandments litigation
Website: www.adflegal.org | Phone: 800-835-5233 - Contact Texas Officials – Thank Governor Abbott and Attorney General Paxton for defending religious heritage
- Donate Posters – Texas schools must accept donated displays. Print and deliver Ten Commandments posters to your local district
- Support Your State – Push for similar legislation in your state. Contact your representatives about Ten Commandments display bills
- Legal Defense Fund – Contribute to organizations defending schools facing lawsuits over the law
DEUS VULT
