The Senate also passed a bill that would set prayer and Bible reading times during the school day.
King said during a committee hearing earlier this month that the Ten Commandments are part of American heritage and it’s time to bring them back into the classroom. He said the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for his bill after it sided with Joe Kennedy, a high school football coach in Washington state who was fired for praying at football games. The court ruled that was praying as a private citizen, not as an employee of the district.
The Senate also gave final passage to Senate Bill 1396, authored by Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, which would allow public and charter schools to adopt a policy requiring every campus to set aside a time for students and employees to read the Bible or other religious texts and to pray."I believe that you cannot change the culture of the country until you change the culture of mankind," he said.
"The Kennedy case for religious liberty was much like the Dobbs case was for the pro-life movement," he said. "It was a fundamental shift."
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