- A US appeals court has ruled that Texas public schools can mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, overturning a district court's judgment.
- The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the law doesn’t infringe upon the First Amendment, which protects religious freedom and prohibits governmental establishment of religion.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hailed the ruling as a significant victory for the state's moral values, while organisations challenging the law, including the American Civil Liberties Union, expressed extreme disappointment.
- This could pave the way for a showdown at the US Supreme Court and is part of a push by Republicans to incorporate religion into schools.
- The ruling follows a similar case in Louisiana, where the appeals court also cleared the way for a law requiring Ten Commandments displays, and the Texas law took effect on 1 September, with many districts displaying the posters.
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