SAVE TEXAS UPDATE: Major Victory for AMAC, Religious Liberty as Voters Overwhelmingly Back Ban on Sharia Law

Texas Republican voters delivered a decisive message this week about the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. In Tuesday’s primary election, voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 10 — a measure making it official policy of the Texas Republican Party to prohibit the influence of Sharia law and other foreign religious legal codes in the Lone Star State.

The result was emphatic. Roughly 95 percent of Republican primary voters supported the measure, signaling near-universal agreement among grassroots conservatives that American civil law must always be grounded in the U.S. and Texas Constitutions.

For AMAC and its tens of thousands of members in Texas, the vote represents a significant victory in the ongoing effort to defend constitutional governance and protect religious liberty for Americans of all faiths.

Ahead of the vote, AMAC mobilized its more than 90,000 Texas members through grassroots outreach, educational campaigns, and coalition building with other organizations committed to preserving the integrity of the American legal system.

Proposition 10 does not restrict religious worship or target Muslims or any other faith community. It affirms that the First Amendment guarantees every American the right to practice religion freely. Instead, the proposition addresses a fundamentally different issue — whether any religious legal code, including Sharia, should ever override or influence the civil laws that govern Americans.

Under the Constitution, the answer is clear. In the United States, there is one legal system that applies equally to everyone.

That principle has increasingly come under scrutiny in recent years as policymakers confront attempts to establish parallel legal frameworks in certain communities. In Texas, those concerns have been amplified by proposals such as the controversial “EPIC City” development, which critics warned could function as a self-contained enclave governed by Sharia-compliant rules.

Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation last year targeting developments that attempt to operate outside state law or restrict residency based on religion, while Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has made preventing Sharia influence a priority for the next legislative session.

Tuesday’s vote adds powerful grassroots momentum to those efforts.

It is important to note that Proposition 10 itself does not immediately change Texas law. Primary ballot propositions are advisory measures used by political parties to gauge voter priorities and shape the party platform heading into future legislative sessions.

But the overwhelming margin of support sends a clear signal to lawmakers in Austin that Republican voters want firm safeguards ensuring that foreign or religious legal systems cannot supersede constitutional law.

For AMAC, that message represents both a milestone and a starting point.

AMAC has been actively educating members and policymakers about the constitutional conflicts that arise when religious legal codes attempt to operate as civil law. As experts emphasized during a recent strategy meeting attended by national leaders and Texas policymakers, the First Amendment protects religious belief and worship — but it does not permit the enforcement of religious criminal codes that violate constitutional protections such as equal protection, due process, and prohibitions on cruel and unusual punishment.

Protecting those principles ultimately protects everyone — including peaceful Muslims who would themselves be subject to discriminatory practices under Sharia-based legal systems.

The Texas vote shows that voters understand that distinction.

Yet as AMAC leaders have emphasized, the March primary vote is only the first step. Turning this policy position into enforceable law will require continued public education, legislative action, and grassroots engagement in the months ahead.

Texas has long been viewed as a bulwark for constitutional governance in America. With Tuesday’s vote, Republican voters have made clear that they intend to keep it that way.

For AMAC and its members, the fight to defend the Constitution is far from over — but this week’s vote proves that when Americans stand up for the rule of law, they can still win decisive victories.