Attorneys for the families said the law "violates longstanding U.S. Supreme Court precedent and the U.S. Constitution’s First ...

Thus, the merger of distinctively Jewish, Protestant and Catholic texts led to a required plaque with at least 11 commandments. They are un-numbered, which obscures the unorthodox total.

The Supreme Court has already ruled against Ten Commandments in classrooms. Republicans in several states are approving new ...

Abbott signed legislation mandating Ten Commandments displays in school classrooms despite the threat of litigation.

Thus, the merger of distinctively Jewish, Protestant and Catholic texts led to a required plaque with at least 11 commandments. They are un-numbered, which obscures the unorthodox total.

Abbott signed SB 10 into law on June 22, which requires every public-school classroom in Texas to post a copy of the Ten Commandments starting next school year.

The result is 11 imperatives, plus an ambiguous additional line. They still ended up with an essentially Protestant version, different from those of most Catholics and Jews, which excludes Texas’s ...

For example, Protestants, Jews and Catholics each honor the commandments, but the different faith traditions number and word the Decalogue in different ways.

Seven Arkansas families have filed a federal lawsuit to block a new law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms in the state, arguing that the law will ...