GALVESTON, Texas - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Galveston Independent School District over a new law that requires Ten Commandments posters to be displayed in public school classrooms if they are donated.

According to the filing, Paxton is asking the court for an injunction to require the district to comply with the law and display the posters that were donated to the district.

What is Senate Bill 10?

The backstory:

Senate Bill 10 was signed by Governor Greg Abbott in June and went into effect on Sept. 1.

It requires schools to post a "durable poster or framed copy" of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom.

The displayed copies would need to be at least 16 inches wide and 20 inches tall and "in a size and typeface that is legible to a person with a

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