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Texas mom backs Ten Commandments in classrooms as legal battle reaches Supreme Court

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Brittany McFarland says Texas Ten Commandments classroom displays gave her a renewed sense of hope as families ask the Supreme Court to block the law.

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  1. Supreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools

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    Texas mom backs Ten Commandments in classrooms as legal battle reaches Supreme Court

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  1. Just the News

    ACLU asks SCOTUS to hear Texas case requiring display of Ten Commandments in school classrooms (opens Just the News)

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    The request comes after a federal appeals court upheld the state law in April, which passed the Republican-led state legislature last year,

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Supreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Students work under Ten Commandments and Bill of Rights posters on display in a classroom at Lehman High School in Kyle, Texas, Oct. 16, 2025.

  3. Common Dreams

    Texas Families Urge U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Challenge to Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Public School Classrooms (opens Common Dreams)

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    More than two dozen Texas families are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a state law that requires public schools to post a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

  4. The Hill

    Supreme Court asked to review Texas’s Ten Commandments requirement for schools (opens The Hill)

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    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the Supreme Court on Monday to hear its challenge to Texas’s law requiring public school classrooms to post the Ten Commandments. Representing a group of parents from various faiths, the civil liberties organization says the law violates the First Amen…

  5. SCOTUSblog

    Texas families ask Supreme Court to take up challenge to Ten Commandments in schools (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    Lawyers for a group of Texas families with children in the state’s public schools came to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to weigh in on the constitutionality of a 2025 law that requires each classroom in that state to display a copy of the Ten Commandments.

  6. Washington Examiner

    ACLU asks Supreme Court to review Ten Commandments mandate in Texas schools (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The American Civil Liberties Union asked the Supreme Court on Monday to review a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, arguing the mandate violates students’ and parents’ First Amendment rights.

  7. UPI

    Texas families ask Supreme Court to hear appeal on 10 Commandments law (opens UPI)

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    A group of Texas families are asking the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to a state law that requires schools to post the 10 Commandments.

  8. Revolver News

  9. American Greatness

    ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Texas Ten Commandments Classroom Law (opens American Greatness)

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    The American Civil Liberties Union asked the Supreme Court on Monday to review its challenge to a Texas law requiring public school classrooms to display […] Source

  10. Baptist News Global

    Multifaith group urges Supreme Court to weigh in on Texas commandments case (opens Baptist News Global)

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    A group of multifaith families in Texas filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court Aug. 17 challenging a state law mandating Ten Commandments displays in all public-school classrooms. The filing by more than two dozen Baha’i, Christian, Jewish, Hindu,...

  11. Truthout

    Texas Families Ask SCOTUS to Block Law Requiring 10 Commandments in Classrooms (opens Truthout)

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    “These displays put children in the position of having to defend themselves,” one Texas parent said.

  12. BizPac Review

    ACLU takes Texas Ten Commandments fight to the next level (opens BizPac Review)

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    The Supreme Court is being asked to review a legal challenge to Texas’s Ten Commandments requirement. Texas has ordered that a copy of the Ten Commandments be […]

  13. Conservative Review

    SCOTUS Asked To Weigh Texas Law Requiring Ten Commandments In School Classrooms (opens Conservative Review)

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    The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals found in April that the Texas law 'does not violate either the Establishment Clause or the Free Exercise Clause.'

  14. Charisma Magazine Online

    Ten Commandments Battle Heads to the Supreme Court (opens Charisma Magazine Online)

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    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms. “The question of whether a state may impose scripture on impressionable, captive-audience children—for near…

  15. Fox News

    Texas mom backs Ten Commandments in classrooms as legal battle reaches Supreme Court (opens Fox News)

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    Brittany McFarland says Texas Ten Commandments classroom displays gave her a renewed sense of hope as families ask the Supreme Court to block the law.

  16. Reason

    Texas Requires the Ten Commandments Be Posted in Every Classroom. SCOTUS May Decide If That's Constitutional. (opens Reason)

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    Red background, a desk, an apple stacked on books next to a pencil cup, and the Ten Commandments on stone tablets

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