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The Ten Commandments on display on the Texas Capital grounds. Credit: Bob Daemmrich \/ ZUMA Press Wire via REUTERS<\/p>\nThe Ten Commandments on display on the Texas Capital grounds. Credit: Bob Daemmrich \/ ZUMA Press Wire via REUTERS<\/p>\n
A group of 18 multi-faith and nonreligious Texas families filed a\u00a0class action lawsuit<\/a> Tuesday\u00a0in San Antonio federal court to block public school districts statewide from displaying the Ten Commandments. <\/p>\n Since the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 10, which requires the religious text be posted in every classroom, two federal judges have ruled the law unconstitutional and blocked the displays in districts named as defendants. <\/p>\n Even so, other Texas districts not directly involved in the previous suits continue to display the Ten Commandments, according to groups representing the plaintiffs in Tuesday\u2019s filing. Those organizations \u2014\u00a0which include the ACLU and the Freedom From Religion Foundation \u2014\u00a0say a class action is needed to ensure students in all 1,000 districts statewide are free from having Christian doctrine stuffed down their throats. <\/p>\n \u201cThe courts are clear that forcing displays of the Ten Commandments on Texas students is unconstitutional,\u201d ACLU of Texas attorney\u00a0Chloe Kempf said in an emailed statement. \u201cYet Texas school districts won\u2019t stop. Enough is enough. With this class action lawsuit, Texans are coming together to say: Students and families \u2014 not the government \u2014 should decide how or whether they practice their faith.\u201d<\/p>\n The new suit, Ashby v. Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD,\u00a0is the first class action filed to shut down SB 10\u2019s mandate, according to ACLU officials. <\/p>\n The plaintiff families, which represent a range of faiths and nonreligious backgrounds, attend 16 school districts, none of which is named in the two prior cases. <\/p>\n The districts listed as defendants in the class action include Argyle, Birdville, Carroll, Clear Creek, Deer Park, Fort Sam Houston, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, Katy, Liberty Hill, Magnolia, Medina Valley, Pearland, Prosper, Richardson, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City and Wylie. Several of those districts are in the San Antonio metro.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a Jewish, Christian, and Chinese American family, we teach our children to draw strength from many traditions \u2014 not to see one as supreme,\u201d plaintiff Mari Gottlieb, whose children attend schools in Carroll ISD, said in a statement. \u201cForcing the Ten Commandments on my kids is indoctrination, undermines my right to guide their beliefs, and perpetuates the feelings of exclusion that our ancestors knew all too well.\u201d<\/p>\n Subscribe to SA Current newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Apple News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>| Twitter<\/a>\u00a0| Or sign up for our\u00a0RSS Feed<\/a><\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\u2018The First Amendment guarantees families and faith communities \u2014 not the government \u2014 the right to instill religious beliefs in our children,\u2019 the ACLU said.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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