July 12, 2026 10:30 am – 11:30 am CT
David Segal to speak in Galveston on Ten Commandments lawsuits
Rabbi David Segal, who serves as BJC’s policy counsel, will speak on Sunday, July 12, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Galveston County, focusing on whether pushes to post the Ten Commandments in government settings are imposing religion or honoring history.
A dozen states are considering or have already enacted legislation regarding Ten Commandments displays in public schools, and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected challenges to both Louisiana’s and Texas’s Ten Commandments display laws, upholding the laws as constitutional. The 8th Circuit is reviewing the appeal of a similar Arkansas law. The Texas case, Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights ISD, may go to the Supreme Court.
Rabbi Segal’s talk will take a closer look at arguments about the nature of the Ten Commandments as a religious text and its relation to the Establishment Clause.