Unlicensed religious chaplains may counsel students in Texasโ public schools after lawmakers OK proposalOpponents fear the bill is a โTrojan horseโ for evangelizing kids and will worsen the stateโs mental health crisis through disproven counseling approaches.
Bill requiring Ten Commandments in Texas classrooms fails in House after missing crucial deadlineSenate Bill 1515 was one of several legislative attempts by conservative Christians to center public life around their religious views.
Key supporter of Texas school chaplain bill has pushed for evangelism in schoolsRocky Malloy, a self-described former drug-smuggling pirate saved by divine intervention, has led a group that promotes chaplains as a tool to proselytize to schoolchildren.
Public schools would have to display Ten Commandments under bill passed by Texas SenateThe Senate also passed a bill that would set prayer and Bible reading times during the school day.
Quran taken from Texas Capitol chapel recovered by state police. They arenโt saying who removed it.Days after it went missing, DPS identified the person who removed a family Quran Rep. Salman Bhojani had placed in the chapel. The state has since provided its own copy.