"Separation of church and state, that's not in the Constitution anywhere," said state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, who authored SB 11.

A Texas Senate committee on Tuesday advanced bills that would require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments and allow districts to provide students with time to pray during school hours.

Texas senators advanced legislation that would bring the Ten Commandments and designated prayer time out of committee to the full Texas Senate for consideration

The measures failed in 2023, but are a priority again for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick after Louisiana mandated the Commandments in classrooms.

The Texas Senate Education Committee hears testimony on bills that would bring religious material into the classroom.

Rabbi Stephen Silverman said, as a member of a minority religion in the sate, he is sensitive to others who are in the minority as well, and said publishing the Ten Commandments in schools “unfairly sidelines Alabamians who may have diverse views of religious traditions.”

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