Texas cannot require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said 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 Sept. 1. They say the requirement violates the First Amendment’s protections for the separation of church and state and the right to free religious exercise.

Texas is the largest state to attempt such a requirement, and U.S. District Judge Fred Biery’s ruling from San Antonio is the latest in a widening legal fight that’s expected to eventually go before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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    I feel the court also should order all conservatives to follow then too if they are forced in all classrooms.

    1. You shall have no other gods before Me.

    “No more Trump or money worship.”

    1. You shall make no idols.

    “See above.”

    1. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

    “Every time you preach Jesus and then fuck a child, you are violating this.”

    1. Keep the Sabbath day holy.

    “Pay your workers way more so they do not have to work on Sunday.”

    1. Honor your father and your mother.

    “Stripping your parents of Medicare certainly isn’t doing this.”

    1. You shall not murder.

    “Guess conservatives need to stop asking for the deaths of everyone and anyone not them.”

    1. You shall not commit adultery.

    “Hahah OK Conservatives.”

    1. You shall not steal.

    “No stealing of benefits, elections, lands, people, money, etc.”

    1. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    “Conservative talk radio and Fox News would go out of business.”

    1. You shall not covet.

    “No wonder why in some of the most racist states, porn searches for Ebony, Transsexuals, and Asians is damned high.”

    Yeah. Before you enforce them, follow them first.