Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on ...

A court ruled against a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments in school. Hours later. Gov. Greg Abbott signed a similar bill into law.

Texas is the latest Republican-governed state to pass a law requiring religious text to be displayed in schools.

Everything might be bigger in Texas, but that does not justify legislating an unmistakably religious schoolroom display of 11 or 12 commandments.

Unfortunately the Bible lumps the Ten Commandments all together without division or numbering. (The verse numbers are no help since they were added by Bible scholars many centuries after Christ.) ...

The new law mandates that all public schools hang a "durable poster or framed copy" of the Ten Commandments in a conspicuous place in each classroom. The displays must be at least 16 inches wide and ...

The Bible itself contains the most powerful argument against making the Ten Commandments a moral guide for all citizens.

The text of what Christians call the Ten Commandments comes from two places in the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament as some ...

I’m an Old Testament scholar who cares about God’s law. But posting it in public schools misunderstands who and what it’s for. Efforts to post the Ten Commandments in public schools are not ...

Abbott signed legislation mandating Ten Commandments displays in school classrooms despite the threat of litigation.

Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments in every classroom likely violates the First Amendment, a federal appeals ...

When it comes to prayer in public schools, where do Americans stand on this question?