A committee of South Dakota lawmakers voted 4-3 to endorse a bill Thursday in Pierre that would require public school districts to teach the Ten Commandments and display them in every classroom. The vote came after an hour of testimony that included opposition from public school groups. The legislation now heads to the full state Senate.
Three judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considered arguments Thursday over a state law that requires displays of the Ten Commandments in every Louisiana public school classroom. A group of nine parents,
Just because the biblical text is important "doesn't mean it has to be put in every classroom," a judge said during a hearing in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – With the devastating Palisades Fire still smoldering, Lisa Pelton and some of her neighbors in Mandeville Canyon received an unpleasant notice from their bank: their home equity lines of credit were being slashed. “I was appalled,” Pelton told KTLA 5 News on Thursday. “I thought it was unconscionable what they did. […]
A new bill filed in Tennessee and loosely modeled after a Louisiana law currently facing a legal battle would require schools to display the Ten Commandments, a portion of the Declaration of Independence,
The bill would require the Ten Commandments be posted in each classroom in South Dakota's public schools. But it could face legal challenges.
Louisiana’s hotly contested law requiring public schools to post the Ten Commandments returns to court Thursday. The stakes are higher than ever. Last fall, when a federal judge declared the ...
Should the Ten Commandments be displayed in Louisiana classrooms? The Fifth Circuit is hearing the case, with arguments on both constitutional and historical grounds. Here’s what we know.
Churches that can afford the expense and have the ecumenical will can open their own schools. If some people have their way, soon public schools in South Dakota will have a stark resemblance to churches.
Louisiana's Ten Commandments law was back in court this week as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether the law should be allowed to move forward.
In this guest column, attorney Kelly Shackelford argues that Louisiana's Ten Commandments law is both constitutional and has historical precedent. Therefore, he argues, the courts should let it stand.