Texas inches closer to requiring Ten Commandments in schools [View all]

Should the controversial bill pass, Texas would join Louisiana in mandating that all classrooms display the religious text — if the measure survives legal challenges.

AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — Texans had their last chance to comment on a bill requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments at a legislative hearing early Wednesday morning.

Just after 3:30 a.m., the Texas House Public Education Committee took up Senate Bill 10, a controversial proposal requiring a poster of the Ten Commandments in all the state's public elementary and secondary school classrooms. The bill sailed through the Senate as a priority piece of legislation for Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick.

After enduring a grueling 10 hours of voting on bills Tuesday in the House chamber and waiting several more hours for the committee to get through 19 other bills it was set to consider, Representative Candy Noble, a Republican from Lucas, made her case for the legislation she's sponsoring in the House.

In Noble's words, Texas “classrooms are crying out for moral guidance,” which is best provided by displaying the religious text. She said she also wants to reintroduce students to a vital document that shaped the country.

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