Archaeologists conducting excavations at the site of a church have unearthed a marble shrine containing a relic that they believe may be tied to Moses receiving the Ten Commandments. The shrine contained a 1,500-year-old ivory box adorned with Christian motifs, according to an Innsbruck University press release. The item was discovered by archaeologists from Innsbruck University…
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News Oklahoma schools now required to teach Bible, Ten Commandments
All public schools in Oklahoma are now required to incorporate the Bible and Ten Commandments into their curricula for grades 5-10, primarily for historical context. Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters issued a memo Thursday informing superintendents across the state their districts are required to incorporate the Bible into lessons. Walters said in the…
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News Louisiana Parents Sue to Block Display of Ten Commandments in Schools
A group of parents in Louisiana filed a federal lawsuit on Monday seeking to block a new state law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom. The law, which was signed by Gov. Jeff Landry last week and made Louisiana the only state with such a mandate, was widely expected…
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News Louisiana Parents Sue to Block Display of Ten Commandments in Schools
A group of parents in Louisiana filed a federal lawsuit on Monday seeking to block a new state law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom. The law, which was signed by Gov. Jeff Landry last week and made Louisiana the only state with such a mandate, was widely expected…
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News Texas Lt. Gov. pledges to display Ten Commandments in schools
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is pledging to pass a bill that would require public school and college classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, days after a similar Louisiana measure became law. In a social media post, Patrick criticized Texas state House Speaker Dade Phelan, a Republican, for killing a state Senate bill that would…
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News Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Signals a Broader Christian Agenda
The crowd at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Lafayette, La., applauded Gov. Jeff Landry as he signed bill after bill this week on public education in the state, making it clear he believed God was guiding his hand. One new law requires that transgender students be addressed by the pronouns for the gender…
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News CNN host clashes with Louisiana lawmaker supporting Ten Commandments bill: ‘Don’t make this about me!’
A CNN host locked horns with a Louisiana state representative over a new law requiring the biblical Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms. Louisiana is the first state to require the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law Wednesday. Under the…
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News Opinion | Thou Shalt Not Post the Ten Commandments in the Classroom
There is a certain irony in the bravado about the Ten Commandments from Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana. On Saturday he told attendees at a Republican fund-raiser, “I can’t wait to be sued.” Clearly, he knows that the Supreme Court previously ruled against mandatory displays of the Ten Commandments in the classroom. In a 1980…
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News Louisiana Requires All Public Classrooms to Display Ten Commandments
Gov. Jeff Landry signed legislation on Wednesday requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in every public classroom in Louisiana, making the state the only one with such a mandate and reigniting the debate over how porous the boundary between church and state should be. Critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom…
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News Louisiana gov signs law requiring Ten Commandments be shown in school classrooms
Louisiana is the first state to require the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law Wednesday. Under the legislation, H.B. 71, a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” is required in all public classrooms, from kindergartens to…
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