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Texas Ten Commandments classroom Supreme Court case
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 20
AUG 24 · Day 5
Ten Commandments in Texas schools debate
The Texas law at issue requires only that a poster of the Ten Commandments be displayed and does not mandate prayer, belief, or participation in any religious activity.
The Fifth Circuit's conclusion rests on the Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, which abandoned the Lemon test and replaced it with an approach rooted in historical practices and understandings.
Judge James Ho quoted President George Washington in his concurrence as saying that religion and morality are indispensable supports of a free society.
“the mere presence of religious language in a school display is [not] ipso facto religious coercion.”
AUG 20 · Day 1
Texas Ten Commandments classroom case reaches Supreme Court
“I don't see this posting historically significant religious text as imposing religion at all. It's not like the children are having to recite it. It's not like they're standing up and giving a Pledge of Allegiance to it. It's nothing of that sort.”
BRITTANY MCFARLAND
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