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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 <www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bible-in-public-schools-church-state-religion-rcna181934> .
“The Ten Commandments are part of our Texas and American story,” Sen. Phil King, the lead author of the bill <capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00010I.pdf#navpanes=0>, said in a statement Monday, adding that “if our students don’t know the Ten Commandments, they will never understand the foundation for much of American history and law.”
Meanwhile, another bill <capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00011I.pdf#navpanes=0> was filed that would permit school districts to adopt policies allowing for a period of prayer and reading of scripture or “other religious text” with parental consent.
“Our schools are not God-free zones,” the bill’s author, Sen. Mayes Middleton, said in a statement, while also thanking President Donald Trump and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick for “making prayer in public schools a top priority.”
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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 <www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bible-in-public-schools-church-state-religion-rcna181934> .
“The Ten Commandments are part of our Texas and American story,” Sen. Phil King, the lead author of the bill <capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00010I.pdf#navpanes=0>, said in a statement Monday, adding that “if our students don’t know the Ten Commandments, they will never understand the foundation for much of American history and law.”
Meanwhile, another bill <capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB00011I.pdf#navpanes=0> was filed that would permit school districts to adopt policies allowing for a period of prayer and reading of scripture or “other religious text” with parental consent.
“Our schools are not God-free zones,” the bill’s author, Sen. Mayes Middleton, said in a statement, while also thanking President Donald Trump and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick for “making prayer in public schools a top priority.”
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