Texas wants all teachers to put the ten commandments in their classrooms.
Maybe put them in the oval office?
How many will trump break today? 9? All 10?
How many will trump break today? 9? All 10?
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JSul3 · 70-79
How some Texas teachers are fighting the Ten Commandments law in classrooms:
As public schools begin hanging posters of the religious doctrine in classrooms, some teachers are finding creative alternatives to sidestep or dodge the legislation.
A Ten Commandments poster that hangs in one suburban Dallas teacher’s classroom is surrounded by hot-pink placards featuring tenets from Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam.
A substitute teacher north of Houston is sending her twin daughters to school wearing First Amendment buttons and offering the same pins to other children in their neighborhood.
Meanwhile, a teacher in southeast Texas said she’s playing a “risky game” after deciding she won’t display the Ten Commandments in her classroom at all. But if she must, she said, she will hang it upside down.
These quiet acts of defiance are unfolding as a new Republican-crafted state law — known as Senate Bill 10 — takes effect this month requiring Texas public elementary and secondary schools to hang the Ten Commandments in every classroom. A school district “must accept any offer of a privately donated poster,” otherwise it “may, but is not required to, purchase posters” using district funds, the law states.
It’s unclear how many districts have complied with the law since the start of the school year.
In addition, a handful of school districts where parents and faith leaders have filed legal challenges remain exempt from the mandate as federal litigation plays out. The plaintiffs contend that forcing the Ten Commandments into public schools is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state.
It’s unclear how many districts have complied with the law since the start of the school year.
In addition, a handful of school districts where parents and faith leaders have filed legal challenges remain exempt from the mandate as federal litigation plays out. The plaintiffs contend that forcing the Ten Commandments into public schools is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state.
Source: NBC News
As public schools begin hanging posters of the religious doctrine in classrooms, some teachers are finding creative alternatives to sidestep or dodge the legislation.
A Ten Commandments poster that hangs in one suburban Dallas teacher’s classroom is surrounded by hot-pink placards featuring tenets from Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam.
A substitute teacher north of Houston is sending her twin daughters to school wearing First Amendment buttons and offering the same pins to other children in their neighborhood.
Meanwhile, a teacher in southeast Texas said she’s playing a “risky game” after deciding she won’t display the Ten Commandments in her classroom at all. But if she must, she said, she will hang it upside down.
These quiet acts of defiance are unfolding as a new Republican-crafted state law — known as Senate Bill 10 — takes effect this month requiring Texas public elementary and secondary schools to hang the Ten Commandments in every classroom. A school district “must accept any offer of a privately donated poster,” otherwise it “may, but is not required to, purchase posters” using district funds, the law states.
It’s unclear how many districts have complied with the law since the start of the school year.
In addition, a handful of school districts where parents and faith leaders have filed legal challenges remain exempt from the mandate as federal litigation plays out. The plaintiffs contend that forcing the Ten Commandments into public schools is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state.
It’s unclear how many districts have complied with the law since the start of the school year.
In addition, a handful of school districts where parents and faith leaders have filed legal challenges remain exempt from the mandate as federal litigation plays out. The plaintiffs contend that forcing the Ten Commandments into public schools is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of church and state.
Source: NBC News
KunsanVeteran · M
@JSul3 I believe Louisiana passed a similar law.
And isn’t there legislation in Texas to make prayer and Bible reading mandatory?
I can’t imagine that such laws would survive a Constitutional challenge.
And isn’t there legislation in Texas to make prayer and Bible reading mandatory?
I can’t imagine that such laws would survive a Constitutional challenge.
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@KunsanVeteran
There are countless evil passages in the Bible and Jesus said to do your praying in private, in a closet, not in public. So a clever teacher could have loads of fun complying with the law by simply reading all of the evil passages.
And isn’t there legislation in Texas to make prayer and Bible reading mandatory?
There are countless evil passages in the Bible and Jesus said to do your praying in private, in a closet, not in public. So a clever teacher could have loads of fun complying with the law by simply reading all of the evil passages.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@JSul3 Where in The Constitution does it say there shall be a seperation of church and State?