10 Commandment Displays Became Law in Texas, Then the Lawsuits Came
13th January 2026
Melissa Martin, a veteran Texas educator with some 30 years of experience, was thrilled when the state passed a law in 2025 that required the state’s 9,000 public schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
For Martin, it was a bright spot—a swing back toward classical education rooted in Western civilization in an otherwise liberal teaching environment.
Her excitement quickly turned to disappointment at the Houston-based public charter school in which she works.
“I was real surprised when they didn’t jump at putting the Ten Commandments up,” she told The Epoch Times.
?Texas’ Senate Bill 10 has sparked the nation’s largest state-led effort to put the Ten Commandments into schools—and it is facing concerted legal challenges. A hearing on the constitutionality of the new law is scheduled before the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this month.