States around the US have also passed or proposed legislation requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments.

For decades after Supreme Court rulings barred school-sponsored prayer and Bible reading, faith remained present in public ...

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Suppose a state mandated that signs be posted in every public school classroom declaring “Jesus is Lord.” Wouldn’t that violate the First Amendment’s ban on establishments of religion? Until last ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching investigations into 29 Texas school districts to ensure schools display the Ten Commandments in classrooms in compliance with Texas law. "Texas school ...

4:34 p.m. May 8, 2026: This story updated with comment from Dallas ISD and Fort Worth ISD. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is demanding proof that school districts across the state, including three ...

Re “U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law” (news article, April 23): What’s the difference between teaching the Bible as literature and posting the Ten Commandments in a classroom?

Teach the Constitution in schools, not the Ten Commandments. Otherwise, children will soon learn it’s OK to override “Thou Shalt Not Kill” to kill those who do not accept whosoever is considered the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — After nearly half a century, the Ten Commandments could return to Tennessee public schools, and in Rutherford County, that move appears to already be underway. Last Thursday, ...

Tennessee lawmakers have backed off a mandate to post the Ten Commandments in public schools, instead advancing a scaled-down version of a bill that would make the displays optional. Lawmakers on ...

When you were in elementary school, did your mind occasionally rise above the smell of pencil shavings and the sound of squeaking desk chairs to contemplate whether you ought to commit murder? Did you ...

A federal appeals court on April 21 narrowly upheld a Texas law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. In a 9-8 ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed ...