Mays Middleton changed the law to put the Ten Commandments in schools.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
The claim is supported: multiple sources say Sen. Mayes Middleton co-authored or helped carry SB 10, the 2025 Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms, which Gov. Abbott signed.
What was said
… It's wrong. You know, me, on the other hand, I changed the law to stop men from playing girls' sports. I changed the law to stop men from going into little girls' restrooms and locker rooms. I changed the law to put the Ten Commandments in schools and stop obscene materials from being shown to children. And I will make sure that those laws are aggressively enforced to protect all the daughters, all the future daughters, all the children of our great state. …
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Supports. Texas Senate coverage from March 2025 says Republican Sens. Mayes Middleton and Phil King authored the Ten Commandments and school prayer bills.[1]
Supports. A 2025 Texas Tribune piece says Middleton 'helped carry the bill' requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms.[4]
Supports. A July 2025 report calls Middleton the joint author of the state's new Ten Commandments law, which Gov. Abbott signed.[5]
Supports. The state's October 2026 court petition says Governor Abbott signed SB 10, which requires Ten Commandments displays in every public school classroom, into law in June 2025.[2]
Context. The Texas Senate News release names King as the sponsor of SB 10, the Ten Commandments bill, while Middleton is the sponsor of SB 11, the prayer bill. This is a sole-versus-joint authorship nuance, not a contradiction of the claim's wording.[3]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Texas Senate advances school prayer, Ten Commandment billsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2CAUSE NO. ______________ STATE OF TEXAS, Plaintiff, ...texasattorneygeneral.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Texas Senate News - 20250318a | The Texas State Senatesenate.texas.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Mayes Middleton, running for Texas attorney general, wants to “put God back in government”texastribune.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 528 bills, Ten Commandments and 1 source: A Christian Right 'bill mill' -arkadelphian.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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