HuffPo: “The long battle over injecting Christianity into public schools is escalating in Texas, as state Attorney General Ken Paxton pursues lawsuits against schools that have refused to comply with a state law saying the Ten Commandments must be displayed in classrooms.
The law has put schools in a difficult position, forcing them to weigh whether to follow Texas law or the U.S. Constitution. In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Ten Commandments displays in Kentucky public schools, because the Constitution prohibits the government from establishing a religion…..
Federal judges issued preliminary injunctions against the law in response to lawsuits from parents across the state, creating a patchwork effect: Some Texas schools weren’t under the jurisdiction of these courts, meaning they still had to display the religious message. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which has a reputation for being friendly to conservative causes, will hear a case over the Texas law, along with a similar case out of Louisiana, in January.”