Texas Session Ends Without Vote On School Prayer

The Christian Post reports:

A bill seeking to allow Texas public and charter schools to hold voluntary prayer and readings of religious texts has stalled after lawmakers failed to take action on the legislation.

The House Committee on State Affairs grappled with Senate Bill 11, which would allow school boards to decide whether to carve out time for private prayer or readings from religious texts, such as the Bible.

The bill, which passed the Senate 24-6 in March, sparked intense debate last Wednesday before being left pending at the session’s close, signaling further deliberation ahead.

Read the full article. “Voluntary.”

The bill’s author, Texas state Sen. Mayes Middleton last appeared here for his bill banning vaccine mandates at health facilities.

In 2022, he appeared here for his bill requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. 

We first heard from Middleton in early 2022 for his bill to prosecute and disbar members of a law firm for “reimbursing travel costs of employees who leave Texas to murder their unborn children.”

Senate Bill 11, which had a Texas House hearing Wednesday but remains pending in committee, would allow trustees of public school districts and governing bodies of charter schools to approve voluntary school prayer meetings and Bible readings.https://t.co/8V0nPA7tbm

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