Texas senator Phil King is planning to bring back legislation requiring Texas public schools to display 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
All school classrooms will be required to display the Ten Commandments if some Texas lawmakers have their way.
Texas lawmakers plan on picking up an idea passed in Louisiana last year and now blocked in court — requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in public schools.
A committee of South Dakota lawmakers voted 4-3 to endorse a bill Thursday in Pierre that would require public school districts to teach the Ten Commandments and display them in every classroom. The vote came after an hour of testimony that included opposition from public school groups. The legislation now heads to the full state Senate.
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a state law that gives them the ability to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, if they are accompanied by other historical documents.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.
Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one religious view on people... Texas could join Louisiana with a law to require ...
Three judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considered arguments Thursday over a state law that requires displays of the Ten Commandments in every Louisiana
House Bill 1425 would allow school districts and charter schools to opt into the daily opportunity to “participate in a period of prayer and the reading of the Bible or other religious texts.
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The law, which applies to all public K-12 school and state-funded university classrooms, took effect Jan. 1. Days after the mandate went into effect, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill — the state’s top lawyer — made clear that she expects school districts to comply.
A three-judge panel heard oral arguments about a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public classrooms.