The judge said the displays would violate parents' rights and are "likely to send an exclusionary and spiritually burdensome message" to students.

A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted on Wednesday a state law that would have required the Ten Commandments to be visibly displayed in every public school classroom by Sept. 1.

Texas is the third state to suffer a court loss over laws for the Ten Commandments to be hung in public school classrooms, following Louisiana and Arkansas.