Texas law requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in schools.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
Texas Senate Bill 10 requires public elementary and secondary schools to display a Ten Commandments poster in each classroom, and the law was in effect as of the claim date of 2026-10-26. The sources note that districts are not required to purchase the posters and must hang them when donated, a detail that does not change the core assertion.
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… the left. Absolutely. Oh, it is 100% a spiritual battle. You know, I served in the Texas House for four years with James Talarico, and there are atheists that I know that are more Christian than him. You know, when we were fighting to pass the law to put the Ten Commandments back into schools, which we got done, that is law in Texas, and I will enforce it. He said talarico said it was unchristian and un-American to display the Ten Commandments in schools. And look at what we're up against as well. You know, where they're coming after our children and their safety. …
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Supports. The enrolled text of SB 10 states that a public elementary or secondary school shall display in a conspicuous place in each classroom a durable poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments.[2]
Supports. The Texas Attorney General's office directed Texas school districts to display the Ten Commandments once S.B. 10 took effect on September 1, 2025, stating that S.B. 10 requires any public or secondary school to display them in each classroom.[3]
Supports. AP reports that Texas's law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, requires the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom, and that a U.S. appeals court rejected a challenge to it, so the law stood in 2026.[1]
Context. The law does not require districts to buy the posters; schools must hang them if they are donated, which is a qualification on how the requirement is met rather than a contradiction of it.[1][4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 1 not rated
- 1State laws are putting the Ten Commandments in public ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2[DOC] SB00010F.docx - Texas Legislature Onlinecapitol.texas.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Attorney General Ken Paxton Instructs Texas Schools to ...texasattorneygeneral.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4How Texas schools are dealing with law requiring 10 commandments in classdetroitnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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