State Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, has come out against a bill that requires the Ten Commandments in classrooms, suggesting that it's 'idolatrous' and goes against Jesus' teachings.
Citing the Ten Commandments, Talarico asked Noble if a display of them would violate the Second Commandment that prohibits the worship of graven images.
"I would submit to you that our neighbor also includes the Hindu student who sits in a classroom, the Buddhist student who sits in a classroom, and an atheist student who sits in a classroom," he said."And my question to you is, does this bill truly love those students?"Greg Abbott attends a press conference following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed a Ten Commandments monument to stand outside the Texas State Capitol on June 27, 2005, in Austin, Texas.
The bill, which was introduced by state Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, would also require vendors to keep a rating system of the content in the books they supply, according to The Texan. The READER Act passed the committee, 10-2, and is in the Senate Education Committee with a public hearing scheduled on Thursday.
Talarico retweeted a user who described the bill as an example of"Christian nationalist purity culture."
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