Religious bill attempting to be passed in Texas Senate

As Texas is a Conservative state, there are many of GOP-backed bills that focus on religion being instilled in the young, impressionable children of the state. On Thursday, the Texas Senate passed a bill that calls for the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools. This bill was passed with a 17-12 vote but not continues to the GOP-led house.

Senator Phil King, the sponsor of this bill says that every elementary or secondary school must ” display in a conspicuous place in each classroom of the school a durable poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments”

There were two other religious biased bills that were also passed this week in the Texas senate:

1. One of the measures would allow schools to adapt to requiring prayer and Bible reading as a normal participation of employees and students.
2. Another add-on to this would be a bill supported by Senator Tan Parker that ensures that employees will have every right to “engage in religious speech and prayer while on duty”

These three bills that will get passed are a reflection of the Texas law that mandated the schools to display “In God We Trust” around the schools. Texas seems to be on a whole other wave-link then the rest of the United States as in other states, religious rights are being taken away by the foster-care system.