Austin, Texas (AP)-A group of families and faith leaders from Dallas has filed a lawsuit in which a new law is blocked in Texas, which is prescribed that copies of the ten bids are published in every public school room.
The federal action submitted on Tuesday claims that the measure is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state
Texas is the youngest and largest state that has tried a mandate that has proven itself elsewhere. A Federal Court of Appeal blocked a similar law in Louisiana on Friday. Some families have sued Arkansas law.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit in Texas are a group of Christian and nation of Islam belief guides and families. It calls the Texas Education Agency, the state education commissioner Mike Morath and three school districts in Dallas as accused.
“The government should rule; the church should serve,” says the lawsuit. “Everything else is a threat to the soul of our democracy and our faith.”
Ten bid laws belong to the efforts, mainly in conservative countries, to include religion in public schools. Followers say the ten commandments are part of the basis of the United States judicial and education systems and should be displayed.
Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, signed the ten commandments on June 21. He has also issued a measure in which school districts provide the students and employees a daily voluntary prayer period or time to read a religious text during school lessons.
Opponents say that the ten commandments and prayer measures are expected against the religious freedom of others and other complaints. The American Civil Liberties Union, American’s United for the separation of the church and state, and the freedom of religion foundation have declared that they will submit complaints against the ten commandments.
According to the new law, public schools in classrooms must publish a 161 x 51 centimeter or larger copy or a framed copy of a certain English version of the bids, although translations and interpretations between denominations, beliefs and languages ​​can be different and differ in houses and houses of adoration.
In the lawsuit it is found that Texas has almost 6 million students in around 9,100 public schools, including thousands of creeds that have offered little or no connection to the ten or may not have any trust at all.
The Texas Education Agency did not immediately answer an e -mail request for comments. The law comes into force on September 1, but most public school districts begin the upcoming school year in August.
