A bill requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in Texas classrooms missed a key deadline to advance.
A bill that would have required Texas public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms is likely dead after missing a key deadline in the state’s House of Representatives.did not come up before the midnight deadline for Senate bills to get an initial vote on the House floor. This effectively kills the bill, although there is always the chance the language could be tacked onto another measure before the 88th legislative session ends Monday.” in elementary and secondary classrooms.
State Rep. James Talarico has been an outspoken critic of the legislation. The Austin Democrat, who is a member of the Texas House Public Education Committee, voted against the bill when it got a public hearing early this month. His questioning of the bill’s House sponsor, state Rep. Candy Noble, R-Lucas, went viral on social media at the time.
Texas Republicans are trying to force public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. I told the bill author: “This bill is not only un-constitutional and un-American, it’s deeply un-Christian.”