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Richard Luscombe

Texas lawmakers advance bill to force schools to display Ten Commandments

A stone slab bearing the Ten Commandments stands near the Capitol in Austin, Texas in this 2002 photo.
A stone slab bearing the Ten Commandments stands near the capitol in Austin, Texas, in this 2002 photo. Photograph: Harry Cabluck/AP

Every classroom in Texas could be made to display the Ten Commandments prominently, after lawmakers advanced a proposal to push more religion into schools.

A parallel bill also approved by the Republican-controlled Texas senate on Thursday would require educational establishments to set aside time every day for students and employees to read the Bible or other religious manuscripts, or to pray.

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