Texas Governor Set To Get Ten Commandments Bill

The Daily Beast reports:

Texas Republicans are cheering at the erosion of the separation of church and state as their proposal to require all public school classrooms in the Lone Star State to display the Ten Commandments inches closer and closer to the finish line.

On Saturday, the Republican-controlled House gave its preliminary approval for the bill, which is expected to go to a final vote in the coming days. It would then be signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott, who in 2005 successfully argued before the Supreme Court for the display of the Ten Commandments in front of the Texas State Capitol.

Texas state Rep. Candy Noble, a co-sponsor of the bill, said that its focus was to look at what is “historically important to our nation educationally and judicially.” During the floor debate, Noble also said, “It is incumbent on all of us to follow God’s law and I think we would all be better off if we did.“

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