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Construction workers walk past a monument of the Ten Commandments outside the Texas Capitol last year.

Construction workers walk past a monument with the Ten Commandments outside the Texas Capitol in Austin last year. Paul Weber/AP hide caption

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Texas could join Louisiana with a law to require the Ten Commandments in classrooms

Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one religious view on people with different religious traditions

TEXAS TEN COMMANDMENTS

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A statue of Moses smashing the tablets of the 10 Commandments is on display in the atrium of Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. The 17-foot-tall sculpture is on loan from the Skirball Cultural Center.

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Louisiana mandate stirs debate about the 10 Commandments and their purpose

A Louisiana law requires classrooms to post the 10 Commandments, but Jews and Christians don't necessarily agree on what they are. Even among Christians, views vary on what Commandments are for.

Louisiana mandate stirs debate about what the 10 Commandments and their purpose

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