The Brief
- A group of Dallas-Fort Worth faith leaders have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Texas law that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom.
- The plaintiffs argue the law violates the First Amendment by unconstitutionally pressuring students into religious observance and interfering with parents’ rights regarding their children’s religious education.
- This challenge comes just after a federal appeals court ruled a similar Ten Commandments law in Louisiana was “plainly unconstitutional,” a decision likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
DALLAS – A group of Dallas-Fort Worth faith leaders are challenging the Texas Education Agency and area school districts over a new law that requires a copy of the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every classroom in the state.
What we know:
The group filed the challenge on behalf of themselves and their children in federal court Tuesday.…