Texas Senate Passes Bipartisan Bills to Put Prayer and Ten Commandments Back in Schools
“By placing the Ten Commandments in our public-school classrooms, we ensure our students receive the same foundational moral compass as our state and country’s forefathers,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.
The Texas Senate continues to pass bills identified as legislative priorities by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, with the most recent focusing on religious freedom.
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday to put prayer back in public schools. SB 11, filed by state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, passed by a vote of 23-7. It heads to the Texas House.
The bill would allow teachers and students, with parental consent, to opt into a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious texts during school hours.
“Our schools are not God-free zones,” Middleton said. “We are a state and nation built on ‘In God We Trust.’ You have to ask: are our schools better or worse off since prayer was taken out in the 1960s? Litigious atheists are no longer going to get to decide for everyone else if students and educators exercise their religious liberties during school hours.”
Middleton thanked President Donald Trump and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick “for making prayer in public schools a top priority,” arguing, “There is no such thing as ‘separation of church and state’ in…
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