San Antonio Parents React to Federal Injunction Against Ten Commandments Displays in Classrooms

San Antonio parents react to federal injunction against Ten Commandments displays in classrooms

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled to temporarily block a new law that would require Texas public schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms.The decision comes just days before the law was supposed to take effect on Sept. 1. Families had filed a lawsuit against 11 school districts, including Alamo Heights, North East, Northside and Lackland Independent School Districts in the San Antonio area. The injunction impacts an estimated 5.5 mill…

Texas’ Ten Commandments Blocked in 11 School Districts

This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune.A Texas federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked from taking full effect a new state law requiring public schools to display donated posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The ruling only applies to the nearly a dozen Texas school districts named in the lawsuit, though attorneys who brought forth the case expressed hope in court that other districts would not implement a la…

Texas school districts can't put the Ten Commandments in every classroom, judge says

Texas cannot require public schools in Houston, Austin and other select districts to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state’s new requirement.

Federal judge blocks Texas from displaying Ten Commandments in public schools

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas Capitol. / Credit: BLundin via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA). A federal judge has partially blocked the state of Texas from enforcing its law ordering the display of the... [...]

Ten Commandments in schools (Aug. 21, 2025)

On Thursday's show: A federal judge has temporarily blocked 11 public school districts in Texas’ largest metropolitan areas from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms as required by a new state law set to take effect Sept. 1. We discuss the case and where it goes from here.

Civil Rights Groups Warn Texas School Districts Not to Implement Ten

Civil rights organizations sent a letter to public school superintendents across Texas, warning school districts not to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.