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Texas Schools to Include Bible Passages
Texas is set to require over five million students to read Bible passages in public schools starting in 2030, following a 9-5 vote by the state’s Board of Education — a move echoing past efforts like displaying the Ten Commandments, which held up in court. Critics decry it as a violation of church-state separation, arguing it forces a specific religion on children, while supporters claim it’s restoring foundational Judeo-Christian values. The debate is intensifying, with groups like Americans United calling it religious indoctrination and a distortion of public education’s secular purpose…
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