Arkansas Religion

A federal judge Thursday evening ordered the Conway School District to remove Ten Commandments posters from classrooms and libraries, less than 24 hours after the district was added to a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring the displays.

Conway parents seek to challenge their school district’s postings of the Christian doctrine after a judge blocked the law requiring the display

40 Arkansas faith leaders from multiple traditions signed a letter delivered to Gov. Sarah Sanders' office, urging her to reconsider a law allowing for executions via nitrogen hypoxia.

The groups seemed to view a recent injunction blocking Arkansas' law requiring the Ten Commandments in state-run buildings as a minor setback.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks says Act 573 likely violates the First Amendment.

A federal judge said he will decide soon whether to block implementation of a new state law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, following a nearly nine-hour hearing Friday.

The response says harm is not sufficient for court intervention, since copies of the Ten Commandments have yet to be displayed in public buildings.

The law mandates a copy of the Ten Commandments be hung in all Arkansas public buildings, including school classrooms.

The law requires a sign listing the biblical rules be hung in all public buildings, as well as all school classrooms, in Arkansas.

A copy of the Ten Commandments must be on display in every state-owned building, as well as every public school and college classroom in Arkansas.