The Texas law mandating the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom is facing another legal challenge , and the new lawsuit could eliminate the posters statewide.
The American Civil Liberties Union and religious freedom organizations filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in San Antonio on Tuesday on behalf of 18 families with children in public school across the state. The suit seeks class action status on behalf of the estimated 5.5 million public school students in the state.
Sixteen school districts are named as defendants, including seven from North Texas, but the lawsuit asks the judge to block all Texas school districts from enforcing the law known as SB 10.
The lawsuit claims that the law violates the First Amendment.
The families "don't want th

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