Texas Legislature Pushes Conservative Agenda in Public Schools

The Texas Senate has passed three bills that would require public schools to promote religion to their students and employees, including a proposal for each classroom in the state to prominently display the Ten Commandments, starting next year. The bills would also allow public schools to require time for students to pray and read the Bible at school, and protect the right of school employees to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty. Critics argue that the bills violate the separation of church and state and that parents, not schools, should be the ones talking to their children about religion.