Montana Senate votes down bill to require Ten Commandments in public schools

Montana Senate kills Sen. Phalen's Ten Commandments in schools legislation

Upon further review and discussion of legislation championed by Senate District 17 Sen. Bob Phalen to require school districts across the state to post a display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom, the Montana Senate killed it on the…

Montana Senate votes down bill to require Ten Commandments in public schools

Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, said he’s a Christian who morally supports the Ten Commandments, but he prayed about the bill, and he couldn’t support it.

Montana Senate votes down bill to require Ten Commandments in public school classrooms

The Montana Senate voted down a bill Saturday to require public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom, albeit with an emotional debate about the need for moral standards in the country and the atrocities inflicted in the…

‘Schools are not God-free zones’: Texas lawmakers consider optional prayer periods, Ten Commandment displays

(The Lion) — Texas lawmakers are weighing two new bills that would allow prayer periods in public schools and require displays of the Ten Commandments, as a growing number of states are supporting efforts to allow religion in the classroom. Senate Bill 10, introduced by Republican state Sen. Phil King, would require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments on at least 16-by-20-inch posters. The bill is similar to a Louisiana meas…

State Senate votes down bill requiring Ten Commandments in school

Senate Bill 114, sponsored by Sen. Bob Phalen, R-Lindsay, was indefinitely postponed after failing to garner enough support during second reading. Continue reading…