A Dallas activist group has sued to block the Ten Commandments from being displayed in Texas classrooms under a new law that is supposed to take effect on Sept. 1.

Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new state law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.

Texas now mandates the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom. Supporters say the biblical strictures are foundational to understanding the law. Opponents say the new requirement violates the Constitution,