Texas GOP senators want Ten Commandments in classrooms, time for prayer and Bible reading
Republican Texas lawmakers are renewing a push to infuse a greater religious influence in the state's public schools with a pair of bills introduced Monday in the state Senate. Here's what's proposed.
Republicans Introduce Bills To Require the Displaying of the Ten Commandments and Creating Prayer Times
A state senator, Phil King, introduced a bill Monday requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Another senator, Mayes Middleton, introduced a bill that would let schools create time for students to pray and read the Bible or “other religious texts.”
Texas lawmakers again trying to bring prayer, Ten Commandments into classrooms
Bills filed in the Texas Senate are once again trying to bring prayer and the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms.
Texas bills would allow Ten Commandments and Bible reading in public schools
Bills introduced by Republicans in the Texas Senate would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools and allow for schools to carve out time for students to read the Bible, in the latest effort by lawmakers in states to infuse religious doctrine in public education.
Texas GOP lawmakers introduce bills to display Ten Commandments, read Bible in schools
Republicans in the Texas Senate introduced a bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools and have time set aside in the day for students to read the Bible. The
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