The Llano County Commissioners Court voted 5-0 Monday to approve the installation of a Ten Commandments monument at the county’s historic 1893 courthouse.
Donated by the American History & Heritage Foundation (AHHF), a non-profit dedicated to informing the public about American history, the installation will come at no cost to the county.
State Rep. Wes Virdell (R–Brady) attended the county meeting and spoke in favor of accepting the donation.
First Liberty Institute, a legal organization dedicated to defending religious liberty, has also demonstrated its support.
On May 20, First Liberty’s William Bell sent a letter to County Judge Rob Hardy, County Attorney Dwain Rogers, and all four commissioners encouraging the county to approve the monument and offering free legal representation should the need arise.
Llano County resident Bonnie Wallace celebrated the court’s decision. She told Texas Scorecard, “If no one else has noticed, our communities are in crisis mode. The chaos and confusion which abounds is straight from Satan. We need to rededicate our communities to the moral laws which were brought over in the Mayflower and upon which our country was founded.”
“For anyone who doubts the constitutionality of Llano County accepting this 10 Commandments monument donation, please read the ruling in Van Orden vs Perry from the US Supreme Court in 2005,” added Wallace. “I am wholeheartedly in favor of this action by the Llano County Commissioners’ Court and applaud them for taking it!”
However, not everyone in Llano County welcomed the proposal.
Leila Green Little published a letter in The Llano News opposing the installation. “Our government will not be providing anything valuable to our community,” she wrote. “Instead, I’m afraid it will serve as a divisive, performative affirmation to some and as a rebuke to others.”
Little previously sued the county in protest of the decision to remove 17 sexually explicit and inappropriate books from the children’s section of the Llano County Library. She lost her case and is now running as a Democrat for a county commissioner seat.
Llano County is not alone in its choice to install the Ten Commandments.
The AHHF has been helping to design and install monuments at courthouses across Texas. Tarrant County unveiled its monument at the historic 1895 Fort Worth courthouse in January 2026, followed by Rockwall County, which held a dedication ceremony on May 23.
The AHHF is also assisting Waller County with its installation project.
