Sixteen Texas families have filed a federal lawsuit in an attempt to block a law that would require the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms in the state.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Jewish, Christian, Unitarian Unviersalist, Hindu or nonreligious and are from across Texas.
11 school districts, including Austin, Houston and Plano ISDs, are named as defendants in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit argues that Senate Bill 10, the bill that would require the Ten Commandments be displayed, is not neutral with respect to religion and that students will be forcibly subject to religious doctrine in a "manner that conflicts with their families’ religious and nonreligious beliefs and practices."
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