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A full federal appeals court will review Texas and Louisiana laws requiring Ten Commandments displays in schools.

"As a Hindu, I respect the Ten Commandments," Arjun Sharda writes. "But faith loses its power when it’s forced. True belief ...

As Republican-dominated states seek to require displays of the Ten Commandments, critics are noting similarities in the ...

After a federal judge on Oct. 24 added Lakeside School District to a lawsuit blocking schools from displaying the Ten ...

Australian actress Abbie Cornish, whose credits include “Limitless” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” and Scottish actor Dougray Scott, who appeared in “Crime” and “Enigma,” are set to ...

After a federal judge on Oct. 24 added Lakeside School District to a lawsuit blocking schools from displaying the Ten Commandments in their classrooms and libraries, Lakeside Superintendent Bruce Orr ...

Parents and organizations have donated over 6,000 Ten Commandment posters to Central Texas public schools since a law requiring them to be displayed was passed, despite ongoing legal challenges and ...

What started as one woman's idea has evolved into a conservative Christian campaign to get the Ten Commandments on the walls of Texas schools. Rebecca Smith-Nash, a licensed counselor and ...

Galveston ISD school board members voted to delay placing the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms amid an ongoing ...

A full federal appeals court said late Monday that it will review the constitutionality of Louisiana’s law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. The decision raises the ...