10 Commandments in Texas public schools
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As disputes rage on over religion’s place in public schools, the Ten Commandments have become a focal point. At least a dozen states have considered proposals that would require classrooms to post the biblical laws, and three passed laws mandating ...
The polarizing court battle over Texas’ Ten Commandments display law has reignited the debate over religion in public schools. Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office is defending the requirement, made his case clear: The commandments are integral to ...
Note: This story has been significantly updated from its initial version. A federal judge ruled late Monday that an Arkansas law mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public-school classroom cannot take full effect, pending the outcome ...
TYLER, Texas (KLTV/Gray News) - A Texas law that requires schools to display the Ten Commandments is being challenged in court. A federal judge has temporarily blocked a mandate for public schools in Texas to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
All three laws have been at least partially blocked – most recently Texas’ law – after federal trial court rulings. But the ongoing cases seem aimed at overturning a 45-year-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent prohibiting the posting of the Ten ...