The ACLU sued the Val Verde school board last week on behalf of several parents, referring to a 1980 Supreme Court ruling in which the high court held that the Ten Commandments in schools amounted to government promotion of religion.
Similar lawsuits are pending in Kentucky.
In October, the House approved a resolution in favor of school districts posting the Ten Commandments. The Senate has not yet taken action on the legislation. Val Verde school superintendent Fred Workman's request to post the commandments was inspired by this year's school shootings, including the tragedy at Columbine High School in Colorado where two gunmen killed 13 people and then themselves last April. Workman had asked the school board to approve posting the commandments in school district offices in Moreno Valley and Perris, about 70 miles east of Los Angeles. We need to teach our children to respect all people, not just people of their own faith.