Proposal requiring classroom displays of Ten Commandments passes Texas House
The underlying measure is among Republicans’ efforts this session to expand religion in public classrooms. Lawmakers voted Friday to send a bill to Abbott allowing prayer time in public schools.
The slab displaying the Ten Commandments rests just north of the Capitol in Austin, Texas.(photo credit: Tom Reel/Zuma Press/TNS)ByNOLAN D. MCCASKILL/TNS