Federal Court Greenlights Ten Commandments in Texas Schools

0:00It's April 22nd. Welcome to El Paso News today, powered by AI. A federal appeals court in the 5th Circuit, just greenlit Texas' law, requiring the 10 Commandments in every public school classroom. The ruling says it doesn't violate the First Amendment's protections on religion or government endorsement. This reverses a lower court's block on the measure. Earlier this year, the same court cleared a matching Louisiana law by a 12-6 vote after arguments in January. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hailed it as a big win for the state's values, stressing how the Commandments shaped the nation and should guide. Students daily. Critics like the ACLU called it a blow to church state separation and parents rights to direct their kids' faith lessons. The decision fuels wider Republican, drives to weave religion into public education, pitting historical foundations against strict no endorsement, rules. As this heads toward a possible Supreme Court showdown, the debate

1:00over faith in schools shows no signs of cooling down.