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Texas may become first state to mandate Bible readings in public schools
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:40 am
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:40 am
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AUSTIN, Texas - An upcoming vote by a Texas board will decide whether public school children across the state will be required to read sections of the Christian Bible.
https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-mandate-bible-readings-classrooms
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The Texas Education Agency proposed their list of "Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading," which is set to go before the State Board of Education next week for a preliminary approval vote.
The list includes a variety of texts, ranging from Sophocles to Fred Rogers and culminating in hundreds of required texts from kindergarten to 12th grade.
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Of those required readings, 11 are directly from the Christian Bible:
Do Not Be Anxious (Matthew 6:25–34) – Grade 6
The Definition of Love (1 Corinthians 13) – Grade 7
The Shepherd’s Psalm (Psalm 23) – Grade 7
Jonah and the Whale (Book of Jonah) – Grade 7
The Eight Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1–12) – Grade 8
David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17) – English I
Lamentations 3 – English I
The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9) – English II
To Everything There Is a Season (Ecclesiastes 3) – English III
The Book of Job (selected chapters) – English IV
Three other texts — "The Golden Rule," "The Parable of the Prodigal Son," and "The Road to Damascus" — are Biblical retellings taken from Texas' Bluebonnet Learning curriculum.
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Dig deeper:
Senate Bill 10, of Texas' most recent session, requires every public school classroom to display the Christian Ten Commandments. The bill was approved by Gov. Abbott in late June.
The law requires a "durable poster or framed copy" of the Ten Commandments be posted in each classroom. The copies would need to be at least 16 inches wide and 20 inches tall and "in a size and typeface that is legible to a person with average vision from anywhere in the classroom."
The bill faced some opposition before passage. Amendments allowing school boards to vote on their involvement or allowing other codes of ethics from other religions were shot down in the House.
Of course, protests are already going down
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 10:42 am
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Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:48 am to Shexter
Can we just focus on math, science, and grammar?
I doubt any of the far left leaning teachers or far right leaning teachers would be capable of teaching the Bible readings from a neutral perspective.
I doubt any of the far left leaning teachers or far right leaning teachers would be capable of teaching the Bible readings from a neutral perspective.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:48 am to Shexter
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The Texas Education Agency proposed their list of "Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading," which is set to go before the State Board of Education next week for a preliminary approval vote.
The list includes a variety of texts, ranging from Sophocles to Fred Rogers and culminating in hundreds of required texts from kindergarten to 12th grade.
This is just basic literacy; not pushing a religion, in my opinion.
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Dig deeper:
Senate Bill 10, of Texas' most recent session, requires every public school classroom to display the Christian Ten Commandments. The bill was approved by Gov. Abbott in late June.
This is pushing a religion.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:49 am to SallysHuman
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Why not?
Why ignore the best selling book of all time?
Do yall really not understand?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:50 am to In The Know
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Why not? It’s an historical text.
So is the Quran, the book of Satan, the Torah, Buddhist texts, Shinto texts, etc etc
If they read from the bible, they will be forced to read from everyone else's religious texts too.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:51 am to Shexter
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Of those required readings, 11 are directly from the Christian Bible:
Any passages from the Quran?
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 10:52 am
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:52 am to Fun Bunch
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Do yall really not understand?
Understand what?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:53 am to SallysHuman
Why this is quite obviously not going to fly
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:54 am to Shexter
Good to see more politicians wasting time and your tax dollars so they can get publicity
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:54 am to Fun Bunch
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Why this is quite obviously not going to fly
I understand people are against it... it just boggles my mind that the most popular text in human history is ignored in education.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:54 am to Shexter
Pure boomer slop that will be struck down.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:55 am to Shexter
I said this should happen in another thread awhile back and was obliterated by some because muh "separation of church and state" in the U.S. The Bible is the most referenced book on the entire planet, and understanding the fundamental tenets of Christianity helps students to make sense of the world around them and specifically the laws of our country. How can you even discuss morality without at least acknowledging religion's place.
We were taught about all of the major world religions in high school, and so were our kids. It's okay to learn about stuff lol.
We were taught about all of the major world religions in high school, and so were our kids. It's okay to learn about stuff lol.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:56 am to Fun Bunch
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Do yall really not understand?
Understand teaching how to live with morals ?
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:56 am to In The Know
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Why not?
I think the important question here is “to what end”?
What are we trying to accomplish by mandating reading of the bible?
As a Christian, I believe that God is God. And the bible is His inspired and perfect word. I read the bible because of who I believe God to be…that’s why it has value. If you don’t believe God is God, it is of little value and will likely do nothing for you…
Except perhaps turn you away from any possible path to God Himself because someone forced you to read it.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:57 am to Fun Bunch
Surprised they aren’t reading the pooran considering the demographics of texas now
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:57 am to Shexter
Let’s hope all the freaks move out of Texas. Making it even better than before.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:58 am to HouseMom
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We were taught about all of the major world religions in high school, and so were our kids. It's okay to learn about stuff lol.
Texas government disagrees with you
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Amendments allowing school boards to vote on their involvement or allowing other codes of ethics from other religions were shot down in the House.
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:59 am to Shexter
Muh “Christian supremacy” meanwhile the head of the Texas GOP is a pajeet who’s complicit in allowing the H-1B visa to be exploited
This post was edited on 1/23/26 at 11:03 am
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