The bill, which has passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature, mandates that schools display at least a 16-by-20-inch poster or framed document of the Ten Commandments and accept any donated

Four civil liberties groups, some of which already are suing Louisiana over its law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public-school classrooms, plan to file a lawsuit against Texas as soon as Gov.

Dan Patrick visited Amarillo to promote property tax cuts, education reforms, and the Ten Commandments classroom mandate in his post-session tour.

I came to the stark realization that the classroom is not the environment for spiritual transformation," Johnson says.