3 mothers sue to block Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in public schools
The Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 10 last year, which requires all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.
Updated on: August 7, 2026 / 8:09 PM EDT / CBS News
The lessons Audrey Nath and Emily Roth are teaching their young children don't include 10 religious laws that are taught in the Bible.
"My kids are young and they don't have the concept of murder … and adultery and servitude," Emily Roth told CBS News.
Nath, Roth and a third Houston area mother, Sanjam Sohal, filed a state lawsuit last week in Harris County District Court alleging SB-10 violates the 1999 Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which states that "a government agency may not substantially burden a person's free exercise of religion."
The lawsuit also argues the law violates the Parental Rights constitutional amendment , which was championed by conservatives and passed by Texas voters in November 2025.