Magical thinking in Texas [View all]
Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/24/ten-commandments-texas-schools-senate-bill-10/
Come September, every public school classroom in Texas could be required to display the Ten Commandments under a requirement that passed a key vote in the Texas legislature Sunday — part of a larger push in Texas and beyond to increase the role of religion in schools.
Senate Bill 10 moved forward despite a federal court ruling that a similar Louisiana law violated a constitutionally required separation of church and state.
The bill preliminarily passed the House 88-49 on Saturday — the Jewish Sabbath day, which the Ten Commandments forbids, as Rep. James Talarico said in an effort to highlight legislative hypocrisy. The lower chamber’s initial approval came after more than two hours of debate and despite last-ditch Democratic efforts to water down the law, including giving school districts the opportunity to vote on the policy, and adding codes of ethics from different faiths into the bill.
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I will examine the mentality behind this legislation.
It is magical thinking. They know teaching lessons on the Ten Commandments would not fly, but posting them will have some sort of magical effect on behavior. How about posting the Bill of Rights?