Judge permanently blocks Ten Commandment displays at several Arkansas school districts

A judge ruled Monday to permanently bar several school districts from following Arkansas’s law to display the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.  

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Brooks ruled the law violates the Establishment Clause and the free exercise rights of the plaintiffs.  

“Act 573’s purpose is only to display a sacred, religious text in a prominent place in every public-school classroom. And the only reason to display a sacred, religious text in every classroom is to proselytize to children. The State has said the quiet part out loud,” the judge wrote.  

The ruling affects several Arkansas school districts but is........

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