Applaud the Courts for Protecting Religious Freedom in TX

In a major victory for constitutional rights and religious freedom, a federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas’s new law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments, ruling that the mandate likely violates the First Amendment.

Judge Orland Garcia’s order comes after families from a wide range of faith traditions challenged the law, arguing that no child should be pressured to adopt or venerate a particular religious doctrine in a public school. As Judge Garcia wrote, these families “share one thing in common: they do not wish their children to be pressured to observe, venerate, or adopt” a state-imposed religious mandate. 

The ruling echoes similar victories in Arkansas and Louisiana, where courts have also blocked attempts to force religious scripture into public classrooms. Legal experts say these decisions underscore a clear constitutional principle: public schools cannot be used by politicians to impose state-sponsored religion on students.

Add your name to applaud Judge Garcia and the families who stood up for religious freedom, protected the separation of church and state, and pushed back against political efforts to force religious doctrine into public classrooms.