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.
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
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 placement of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms.
A new bill is set to be introduced this week that would bring the Ten Commandments into all Texas public school classrooms. "But, SPEAKER Dade Phelan killed the bill by letting it languish in ...
Key Texas legislators say they intend to pass a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The move would add some big-state momentum to a trend started by ...
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a state law that gives them the ability to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, if they are accompanied by other historical documents.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.
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
A three-judge panel heard oral arguments about a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public classrooms.
If passed, the bill, Senate Bill 51 would make it mandatory for the Ten Commandments, and other founding documents, to be displayed in publicly funded elementary, middle and high schools.
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.
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.