A bill requiring schools to keep a copy of the Ten Commandments in their libraries and allowing teachers and principals to display them has been advanced by the House Education Committee.

The Texas legislature has passed a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom in the state. With Gov. Greg Abbott (R) poised to sign it, the law’s Republican ...

The Ten Commandments, also called “the Decalogue,” are arguably the most famous words in the Bible. The Hebrew Bible presents them as having been revealed directly to the Jews by God. They were ...

A new Texas law requires that public schools must display the Ten Commandments, as seen on a monument at the state Capitol in Austin, on a poster in classrooms ...

The ACLU argues that a Ten Commandments display in every classroom would have a coercive effect on students. It objects to ...

Note: This story has been significantly updated from its initial version. A federal judge ruled late Monday that an Arkansas law mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public-school ...