ACLU Supporter, we're asking the Supreme Court to hear our challenge to a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

Forcing biblical scripture on public school children is a blatant violation of the First Amendment – and this challenge could be one of the most consequential religious liberty cases in a generation.

We're representing over two dozen families from across Texas – including Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Baha'i, Unitarian Universalist, interfaith, and nonreligious parents and children – in our challenge to the Ten Commandments law. The law requires Texas public schools to conspicuously display a state-selected, Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom, from kindergarten through 12th grade.

In other words, the state is imposing one religious doctrine on children for nearly every hour of every day of the school year.

This flouts long-settled Supreme Court precedent and flies in the face of the Founders' vision of a country where everyone has the freedom to decide which religious beliefs, if any, to follow.

Nearly 50 years ago, the ACLU fought a law just like this one in Kentucky. That case went to the Supreme Court, and we won.

Now, we're asking the Supreme Court to hear our challenge to the Texas law and once again uphold the First Amendment. The Constitution guarantees that families, not the government, have the right to guide their children's religious education and decide what role religion plays in their lives.

We'll keep defending our constitutional rights with everything we have – and as this case progresses, we'll keep you in the loop.

Thanks for being with us,

Dan Mach
Pronouns: He, him, his
Director of ACLU's Program on Religious Freedom and Belief