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Chris Walker

RARE PHOTOS: Tx gop 10commandments in every class | Rare Historical Photos

Republicans in the Texas state Senate have passed a bill that would require teachers to post the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom — a move that many legal experts have said is a blatant attack on constitutional standards on religious freedoms and protections.

Senate Bill 1515 would require all public elementary or secondary schools in the state to display "in a conspicuous place in each classroom of the school" a copy of the Ten Commandments — a set of rules that serves as the pillar of Christianity and Judaism.

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