{"id":411131,"date":"2026-08-19T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411131\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:48:07","slug":"highland-park-umcs-pastors-have-more-to-say-about-that-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411131\/","title":{"rendered":"Highland Park UMC\u2019s pastors have more to say about that lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a class=\"o-heading__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/micropost\/supreme-court-ten-commandments-texas-school-law\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Texas families ask Supreme Court to review Ten Commandments school law. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than two dozen families represented by the ACLU and other advocacy groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclutx.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10C-SCOTUS-Petition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">asked the U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> Monday to review a law that requires Texas public schools to display the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/search\/?q=ten+commandments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ten Commandments<\/a>. The move comes after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/micropost\/federal-court-reverses-ruling-on-ten-commandments-in-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ruled in April<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/BillLookup\/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&amp;Bill=SB10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Senate Bill 10<\/a>, passed in 2025, can go into effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The court was split, but nine judges did find that the law doesn\u2019t establish an official state religion, nor does it tell students what to believe. \u201cIt punishes no one who rejects the Ten Commandments, no matter the reason,\u201d the ruling said. In the Supreme Court brief, the attorneys for the families argue that even that is a violation of the First Amendment. The families have an array of beliefs\u2014everything from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Baha\u2019i, Unitarian Universalist, and atheist. \u201cIf the permanent, unavoidable imposition of biblical scripture in public-school classrooms does not interfere with, or threaten to undermine, parents\u2019 ability to direct their children\u2019s religious education and to instill particular religious beliefs and practices, it is difficult to imagine what would,\u201d they say.\u00a0 Among the parents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/texas-families-urge-u-s-supreme-court-to-take-case-on-texas-law-requiring-ten-commandments-in-public-school-classrooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">represented<\/a> in the petition are Nichole Manning and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/publications\/d-magazine\/2021\/september\/78-women-who-make-dallas-great\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mara Richards Bim<\/a>, and several are ministers, including Richards Bim. Districts named in the petition include Plano ISD, McKinney ISD, Frisco ISD, Azle ISD, Rockwall ISD, Lovejoy ISD, and Mansfield ISD.<\/p>\n<p>The law does provide schools an \u201cout\u201d from displaying the commandments, provided none have been donated: \u201cA public elementary or secondary school in which each classroom does not include a poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments as required by Subsection (a) may, but is not required to, purchase posters or copies that meet the requirements of Subsection (b) using district funds.\u201d (Italics ours.)<\/p>\n<p>Read more below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas families ask Supreme Court to review Ten Commandments school law. 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