“Keep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord.” – Leviticus 22:31
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The Texas state legislature passed Senate Bill 10 during the 2025 legislative session, which requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in their classrooms. These displays would be privately funded through donations from individuals and organizations.
Sadly, soon after the passage of Senate Bill 10, the law came under significant attacks. Opponents of religious liberty, like the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation, challenged the law, claiming it infringes on the First Amendment. Senate Bill 10 was then challenged in court and, unfortunately, was temporarily blocked by a lower court judge.
Thankfully, a few months ago, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, heard oral arguments on the important case. Praise God that days ago, the Fifth Circuit disagreed with the lower court’s ruling. They ruled that the Ten Commandments displays in public schools do not violate First Amendment rights.
The court specifically concluded that Stone v. Graham (the SCOTUS case that struck down a similar law from Kentucky in 1980) is no longer a valid law after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Kennedy v. Bremerton School District decision (which threw out the faulty Lemon Test). In addition, the Fifth Circuit determined that a state religion is not established by the Ten Commandments law and does not force anyone to practice a certain religion. Thus, Senate Bill 10 does not violate the Establishment Clause.
During both the 2025 and 2026 Kentucky legislative sessions, Rep. Josh Calloway and Rep. Richard White introduced bills to put Ten Commandments displays in Kentucky’s classrooms. Regrettably, the bills faced opposition from leadership and did not move an inch. With the inappropriate 1980 Stone v. Graham decision, which centered on a Kentucky law, it seems only right for the Kentucky General Assembly to repass a Ten Commandments law to rightly restore the Ten Commandments to Kentucky classrooms.
LET US PRAY…
Father, we praise You for this right decision by the Fifth Circuit to uphold the Texas Ten Commandments law requiring schools to display them. Lord, empower our Kentucky General Assembly to pass a similar Ten Commandments law here in the Commonwealth. Father, may our nation know Your commands and follow them. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.