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Sitting in a court room the other day waiting for the hearing on a state constitutional issue, the judge started court with a pastor (specially appointed, or some such) saying a prayer. How is that even legal? The judge said we didn't have to participate but we had to remain standing and silent.
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In a theocracy it isn’t unusual
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This one?

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Yep, that's the one.
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She should look at the Bible then. Old Testament. Not a child until it takes its first breath. I suggest she is seeking her own truth.
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sugar magnolia wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 5:57 am Sitting in a court room the other day waiting for the hearing on a state constitutional issue, the judge started court with a pastor (specially appointed, or some such) saying a prayer. How is that even legal? The judge said we didn't have to participate but we had to remain standing and silent.
Prayers before government functions have been hotly litigated. With the more recent trend being that not explicitly sectarian prayers were acceptable.

And then, last month, SCOTUS basically, well, unseparated church and state.
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AndyinPA wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:51 pm She should look at the Bible then. Old Testament. Not a child until it takes its first breath. I suggest she is seeking her own truth.
Christians doing what the bible says when they don't like it? Yeah, not going to happen, only the parts they want are the Word of God.
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Texas - we may have missed this
Senate bill aims to display 10 Commandments in Texas classrooms

By Mike Warren
Published May 4, 2023
FOX 7 Austin

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Senate Republicans are pushing a bill that would require schools to prominently displayed the Ten Commandments in every single classroom starting next year.

Senate Bill 1515 passed out of the Senate, and the House will soon take it up for consideration.

This is the latest attempt from Texas Republicans to inject religion into the public schools. In the last session, the Senate passed a bill that became law requiring schools to display donated in God We Trust signs.

The rise in religion in public life is the subject of an in-depth article in the Texas Tribune. The story talks about the eroding of the separation of church and state and how Christian conservatives and their donors are impacting public decision makers in Texas.

The author of that article, Robert Downen, is the Texas Tribune's democracy reporter. He joined FOX 7 Austin's Mike Warren in the studio to discuss his story and the recent bills.



https://www.fox7austin.com/news/senate- ... classrooms
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