Via Religion Clause, the ACLU is coming to the defense of Ten Commandment postings in Floyd County, Virginia schools. So, what's the difference between the Floyd County displays and those in Giles County, which church-state separation advocates opposed? In this instance, the students are the ones posting signs on their own lockers, as opposed to the school officials displaying them on school walls.
"Schools have the authority to ban all displays on school property," said ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Kent Willis, in a news release. "But if a school allows students to post some kinds of personal messages on their lockers, it must also allow other kinds of messages, including those that have religious content The removal of the Ten Commandments from student lockers at Floyd County High School appears to violate the First Amendment rights of students by discriminating against religious expression," added Willis in the release.
