Texas Lt. Gov Vows To Copy New Louisiana Law That Mandates Ten Commandments In School Classrooms

The Guardian reports:

Dan Patrick, Texas’s lieutenant governor, said on Friday he would pass Bill 1515 mandating the biblical stricture in all classrooms, in the next session of the state senate, the upper legislative chamber over which he presides.

“SB 1515 will bring back this historical tradition of recognizing America’s heritage, and remind students all across Texas of the importance of a fundamental foundation of American and Texas law: the Ten Commandments,” he posted on X. “I will pass the 10 Commandments Bill again out of the Senate next session.”

The vow came two days after Louisiana’s hard-right governor, Jeff Landry, signed a similar bill that made his state the first in the US to declare displaying the Ten Commandments statutory.

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You may recall that Patrick got a sudden $3 million donation from a far-right Texas group just as he was about to preside over the Texas Senate impeachment trial of state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, also a Republican, supported impeaching Paxton and as you can see below, the bad blood continues.