A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway at the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Families of numerous religious denominations, as well as non-religious plaintiffs, brought the lawsuit, arguing Texas' bill imposed a religious preference on their children in violation of the First Amendment.
Their lawsuit followed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit deciding in June that a similar law in Louisiana was unconstitutional. Biery partially relied on that ruling to justify his own. A judge in Arkansas overturned yet another bill about the Ten Commandments in public schools this month.
The Supreme Court rejected the idea of public schools posting religious texts in classrooms in Stone v. Graham in 1980. That case centered on a bill passed by the Kentucky government that required hanging posters of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, which the high court found violated the First Amendment because it lacked a secular purpose.
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES LOUISIANA TEN COMMANDMENTS SCHOOL LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The Ten Commandments Monument at the Capitol in Austin, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)
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The bill's authors wrote in a statement accompanying the legislation that they wanted the religious directives displayed on the school walls because they were a significant part of history.
"Now that the legal landscape has changed, it is time for Texas to pass S.B. 10 and restore the history and tradition of the Ten Commandments in our state and our nation," the legislators said.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
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