Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments

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The 9-8 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a boost to backers of similar laws in Arkansas and Louisiana.

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The majority’s ruling, written by Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle ?Duncan and joined by Chief Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod and seven other judges, said the law does not violate ?the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on government establishment of religion or its protection of the free exercise of religion.

The Texas law “does not tell churches or synagogues or mosques what to believe or how to worship or whom to employ as priests, rabbis, or imams,” ?Duncan wrote. “It punishes no one who rejects the Ten Commandments, no matter the reason.”

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