The vote comes amid a broader push by conservative Christians to infuse more religion into public schools and life.

Texas Senate OKs proposal to carve out prayer time in school, nears final vote on mandatory display of Ten Commandments in ...

The Texas Senate has passed two bills bringing Christianity into public schools. One bill, passed Tuesday, would require a ...

AUSTIN — Texas public school leaders could impose on students a mandatory period of praying and reading religious texts under ...

SB 10 would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in all classrooms. SB 11 would require school boards to vote on ...

King dismissed the concern, saying young children read the Ten Commandments in Sunday school. Christians testified both for and against the proposals at the hearing. One who strongly disapproved ...

King said the Ten Commandments are a foundational document that can teach moral principles that go beyond one religion. "I think the kids in our schools are crying for moral clarity and ...

calling it “ironic” that children can be arrested for breaking the law — and thus, he said, the Ten Commandments — but that they should not be able to read them in schools. Other bill ...

Bringing back moral documents like the Ten Commandments would improve that, King said. “There were two children shot in the parking lot just last week, there was another shooting in that same ...