Texas’ Ten Commandments law is facing another legal battle after a coalition of 15 families filed a lawsuit against their school districts to block the mandate to display the religious text in classrooms.
The new lawsuit comes after U.S. District Judge Fred Biery in San Antonio granted a preliminary injunction last month to 16 families suing Houston, Fort Bend, Cy-Fair, Alamo Heights and other school districts. While the lawyers representing the families said the case set a precedent for other districts to follow, Attorney General Ken Paxton directed all other school districts outside of the lawsuit to comply with Senate Bill 10.
Monday’s filing lists 14 districts as defendants, including Conroe ISD, which had previously been cautioned against placing the Ten Commandments up by its district counsel while awaiting Biery’s decision. District officials later said they would comply with the law after Paxton’s directive…