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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang and agency

Texas can’t require public schools to display Ten Commandments in class, judge rules

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A Texas flag in an elementary school in Murphy, Texas, on 3 December 2020. Photograph: LM Otero/AP

Texas cannot require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said on Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state’s new requirement, making it the third such state law to be blocked by a court.

A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders sought a preliminary injunction against the law, which goes into effect on 1 September. They say the requirement violates the first amendment’s protections for the separation of church and state and the right to free religious exercise.

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