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

As Texas attorney general in 2004, Greg Abbott defended the constitutionality of a granite slab bearing the Ten Commandments on the Capitol grounds. As governor, he signed a bill into law Saturday requiring Texas public school classrooms to display copies of the Ten Commandments. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

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,