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Texas Law Would Require The Ten Commandments Be Displayed In School Classrooms
All school classrooms will be required to display the Ten Commandments if some Texas lawmakers have their way.
Texas lawmakers consider putting Ten Commandments in public schools—again
A new bill is set to be introduced this week that would bring the Ten Commandments into all Texas public school classrooms. Texas senator Phil King is breathing life back into a bill that would achieve Lt.
Texas could join Louisiana with a law to require the Ten Commandments in classrooms
Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one religious view on people with different religious traditions
Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms is back in court
A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms
North Dakota bill sparks debate over displaying the Ten Commandments in schools
North Dakota’s school boards already have a state law that gives them the ability to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, if they are accompanied by other historical documents. Now, lawmakers are debating whether to require posting the commandments in every public K-12 and college classroom.
Bill to require Ten Commandments displayed in TN schools
The Ten Commandments would have to be posted in Tennessee schools if a new bill becomes law. A Georgia fire chief stopped to help a driver who hit a deer. He was then shot and killed.
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Fifth Circuit judges question purpose, legality of Louisiana's Ten Commandments law
Just because the biblical text is important "doesn't mean it has to be put in every classroom," a judge said during a hearing in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Proposal to display Ten Commandments in public schools back on Texas legislative agenda
The new Texas legislative session that started Tuesday in Austin is set to test the boundaries between church and state. One of the major efforts will be a fresh bill seeking to mandate the ...
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Letters to the Editor — Here’s what readers think of the Ten Commandments in schools
Mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in Texas public schools not only violates the Constitution, it is emblematic of the extreme and divisive politics here that do not serve the public ...
Some US lawmakers want more Christianity in the classroom. Trump could embolden their plans
Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the ...
People's March participant: 'We're not going to vanish or stay silent'
It’s freezing out here, but our hearts are on fire,” said one participant in Amarillo's demonstration held over the weekend.
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Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid “evolving standards of decency”
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...