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SAN ANTONIO, Texas 鈥� In a win for religious freedom and church-state separation, a federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction requiring certain public school districts in Texas to remove Ten Commandments displays by Dec. 1, 2025, and prohibiting them from posting new displays. The order is in response to a new lawsuit filed Sept. 22 by a group of 15 multifaith and nonreligious families with children attending schools in the districts. In his order, U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia wrote that 鈥渄isplaying the Ten Commandments on the wall of a public-school classroom as set forth in S.B. 10 violates the Establishment Clause.鈥� He added, 鈥淚t is impractical, if not impossible, to prevent Plaintiffs from being subjected to unwelcome religious displays without enjoining Defendants from enforcing S.B. 10 across their districts." The order came in the case Cribbs Ringer v. Comal Independent School District, which was filed after the defendant school districts installed or were about to install Ten Commandments posters. The districts were proceeding with the displays despite Judge Fred Biery鈥檚 Aug. 20 order in a separate lawsuit, Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights ISD, in which he called the Texas law requiring the displays 鈥減lainly unconstitutional.鈥� After that order was issued, the organizations representing families in both lawsuits sent letters to all Texas school districts urging them not to implement the law. While today鈥檚 preliminary injunction directly applies to the defendant school districts named in the Cribbs Ringer lawsuit, the organizations behind the lawsuit are urging all Texas school districts not to implement S.B. 10. All school districts, even those that are not parties in either ongoing lawsuit, have an independent obligation to respect students鈥� and families鈥� rights under the U.S. Constitution, which supersedes state law. The plaintiffs in both cases are represented by the 老熟女午夜福利 of Texas, the 老熟女午夜福利, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP serving as pro bono counsel. 鈥淚 am relieved that as a result of today's ruling, my children, who are among a small number of Jewish children at their schools, will no longer be continually subjected to religious displays,鈥� said plaintiff Lenee Bien-Willner (she/her). 鈥淭he government has no business interfering with parental decisions about matters of faith.鈥� 鈥淭oday鈥檚 ruling is yet another affirmation of what Texans already know: The First Amendment guarantees families and faith communities 鈥� not the government 鈥� the right to instill religious beliefs in our children,鈥� said Chloe Kempf (she/her), staff attorney for the ACLU of Texas. 鈥淥ur schools are for education, not evangelization. This ruling protects thousands of Texas students from ostracization, bullying, and state-mandated religious coercion. Every school district in Texas is now on notice that implementing S.B. 10 violates their students鈥� constitutional rights.鈥� 鈥淥nce again, a federal court has recognized that the Constitution bars public schools from forcing religious scripture on students,鈥� said Daniel Mach (he/him), director of the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief. 鈥淭his decision is a victory for religious liberty and a reminder that government officials shouldn鈥檛 pay favorites with faith.鈥� 鈥淎ll Texas public school districts should heed the court鈥檚 clear warning: It鈥檚 plainly unconstitutional to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms,鈥� said Rachel Laser (she/her), president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. 鈥淔amilies throughout Texas and across the country get to decide how and when their children engage with religion 鈥� not politicians or public-school officials.鈥� 鈥淲e're extremely happy to have secured this victory for the plaintiff families we represent,鈥� said Sam Grover (he/him), senior counsel, Freedom From Religion Foundation. 鈥淏ut Texas never should have put parents and students in this position in the first place. The law is quite clear that pushing religion on students in public school is unconstitutional.鈥� 鈥淲e are grateful to the court for its swift and decisive action,鈥� said Jon Youngwood (he/him), global co-chair of Simpson Thacher鈥檚 Litigation Department. 鈥淭his ruling reaffirms a foundational principle: families鈥攏ot public schools鈥攈ave the right to determine how and when their children engage with matters of faith. The Constitution protects that choice, and schools should not be impeding it.鈥�

SAN ANTONIO, Texas 鈥� A group of 15 multi-faith and nonreligious Texas families filed a new lawsuit in federal court today to stop their public school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms pursuant to Texas law Senate Bill 10. The new complaint comes in response to school districts that have or are about to display Ten Commandments posters, despite a federal court鈥檚 recent ruling that S.B. 10 is a clear violation of students鈥� and families鈥� religious freedom and the separation of church and state. The plaintiffs in Cribbs Ringer v. Comal Independent School District also plan to file a motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction, asking the court to require the defendant school districts to remove any Ten Commandments displays currently posted and to refrain from hanging new displays pending the resolution of the litigation. The school districts named as defendants in today鈥檚 lawsuit include: Comal ISD, Georgetown ISD, Conroe ISD, Flour Bluff ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Arlington ISD, McKinney ISD, Frisco ISD, Northwest ISD, Azle ISD, Rockwall ISD, Lovejoy ISD, Mansfield ISD, and McAllen ISD. The complaint, filed in a San Antonio federal court, points to the court鈥檚 recent decision in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, which held that S.B. 10鈥檚 provisions requiring the display of a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom are 鈥減lainly unconstitutional鈥� under the First Amendment. The plaintiffs in both cases are represented by the 老熟女午夜福利 of Texas, the 老熟女午夜福利, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP serving as pro bono counsel. 鈥淎s a devout Christian and a Lutheran pastor, the spiritual formation of my children is a privilege I take more seriously than anything else in my life,鈥� said plaintiff Rev. Kristin Klade (she/her). 鈥淭he mandated Ten Commandments displays in my children's public school impede my ability to 鈥榯rain up my child in the way he should go鈥� (Proverbs 22:6). I address questions about God and faith with great care, and I emphatically reject the notion that the state would do this for me.鈥� 鈥淔orcing religion, any religion, on others violates my Jewish faith,鈥� said plaintiff Lenee Bien-Willner (she/her). 鈥淚t troubles me greatly to have Christian displays imposed on my children. Not only is the text not aligned with Judaism, but the commandments should be taught in the context of a person's faith tradition. State-sponsored religion, however, does not belong in the public classroom.鈥� 鈥淪.B. 10 is a calculated step to erode the separation of church and state and the right for my family to exercise our nonreligious beliefs,鈥� said plaintiff Nichole Manning (she/her). 鈥淚 am compelled to advocate for my children, for these basic freedoms upon which this country was founded.鈥� Following the Nathan ruling, counsel in the case sent a letter to all Texas school districts warning them not to implement S.B. 10 because it would violate the First Amendment. 鈥淎 federal court has already made clear that school districts violate the First Amendment when they post the Ten Commandments in classrooms under S.B. 10,鈥� said Heather L. Weaver (she/her), senior counsel for the ACLU鈥檚 Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief. 鈥淪chool districts must respect students鈥� and parents鈥� constitutional rights, and we will continue to hold school districts accountable when they flout this obligation.鈥� 鈥淭exas families from religious and nonreligious backgrounds are once again coming together to challenge this blatantly unconstitutional law,鈥� said Chloe Kempf (she/her), staff attorney at the ACLU of Texas. 鈥淭his lawsuit is a continuation of our work to defend the First Amendment and ensure that government officials stay out of personal family decisions. All students 鈥� regardless of their race or religious background 鈥� should feel accepted and free to be themselves in Texas public schools.鈥� 鈥淥ur Constitution鈥檚 guarantee of church-state separation means that families 鈥� not politicians 鈥� get to decide when and how public-school children engage with religion,鈥� said Rachel Laser (she/her), president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. 鈥淢ultiple federal courts, including in Texas, have been clear: Ten Commandments displays in public schools violate students鈥� and families鈥� religious freedom. These displays must be removed.鈥� 鈥淲e are determined to keep on fighting for the rights of Texas students and their families,鈥� said Annie Laurie Gaylor (she/her), Co-President of the Freedom From Religion Foundation . 鈥淭he secular foundation of our country鈥檚 public school system is nonnegotiable.鈥� 鈥淭his lawsuit, brought on behalf of a new group of Texas families, underscores a critical principle: public schools across the state must uphold鈥攏ot undermine鈥攖he constitutional protections afforded to every student. As multiple courts have reaffirmed, the First Amendment safeguards the rights of individuals to choose whether and how they engage with religion, and that protection extends to every classroom,鈥� said Jon Youngwood (he/him), global co-chair of the Litigation Department at Simpson Thacher. A copy of the lawsuit can be found online here: https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2025/09/2025-09-22-COMPLAINT-FOR-DECLARATORY-AND-INJUNCTIVE-RELIEF-F-Cribbs-Ringer-et-al-v.-Comal-Independent-School-District-et-al-txwd-5-2025-cv-01181-00001.pdf

From Arkansas to Oklahoma, politicians are pushing religion into public schools. The ACLU is fighting back to defend church-state separation and students鈥� rights.

LITTLE ROCK 鈥� Less than 24 hours after the Conway School District was added to a federal lawsuit challenging Arkansas鈥檚 unconstitutional law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments, a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) requiring the district to take down all Ten Commandments displays from its classrooms and libraries by 5 p.m. on Friday, August 29. The TRO follows the court鈥檚 order yesterday permitting the plaintiffs to add Conway families and the Conway School District to the suit. In yesterday鈥檚 order, Judge Brooks explained: 鈥淭he Court ruled that Act 573, if put into effect, was likely to violate the First Amendment rights of all Arkansas public-school parents and their children 鈥� not just those attending public school in Fayetteville, Springdale, Bentonville, and Siloam Springs. . . . The Court assumed that the State would advise the other 233 school districts of the Court鈥檚 ruling and caution them to refrain from displaying the Ten Commandments posters they received until a dispositive ruling was entered or these matters were resolved. Clearly, that did not happen.鈥� In issuing the TRO, the court pointed to its August 4 ruling in Stinson v. Fayetteville School District No. 1 that Act 573 is 鈥渙bviously unconstitutional.鈥� On August 5, the plaintiffs鈥� attorneys sent letters to every school superintendent in Arkansas, notifying them of the federal court鈥檚 ruling and warning districts not to implement Act 573. Despite the Court鈥檚 ruling and the letter from the plaintiffs鈥� attorneys, Conway School District hung Act 573 displays in all classrooms before the first day of school on August 18, prompting swift legal action from families represented by the 老熟女午夜福利 of Arkansas, the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. 鈥淐onway School District had every opportunity to do the right thing and respect families鈥� constitutional rights, but instead chose to defy a clear federal court ruling,鈥� said John Williams, legal director of the ACLU of Arkansas. 鈥淭he court has now made it crystal clear: forcing the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms is unconstitutional. We stand ready to defend the rights of every Arkansan against this kind of government overreach.鈥� 鈥淭oday鈥檚 order ensures that our clients, and all Conway students, will no longer be forced to submit to government-imposed scriptural displays as a condition of attending public school,鈥� said Heather L. Weaver, senior counsel for the ACLU鈥檚 Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief. 鈥淧ublic schools are not Sunday schools, and they must comply with the First Amendment.鈥� 鈥淭he court鈥檚 decision makes clear that public schools must uphold 鈥� not undermine 鈥� the constitutional protections afforded to every student,鈥� said Jon Youngwood, Global Co-Chair of the Litigation Department at Simpson Thacher. 鈥淏y enjoining the Conway School District from displaying the Ten Commandments, the ruling reinforces a fundamental truth: the First Amendment safeguards the rights of individuals to choose whether and how they engage with religion, and that protection extends to every classroom.鈥� A copy of the order can be found online here.