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Liberty Legal Institute
Attorney General: State Mandates Bible Teaching in Texas Schools
September 14th, 2008
Attorney General Greg Abbott decided today that Representative Warren Chisum's bill (H.B. 1287) requires all Texas public schools to offer instruction on the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. The 80th Texas Legislature passed into law Rep. Chisum's bill that requires all Texas school districts to provide instruction in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament. Jonathan Saenz, director of legislative affairs at Free Market Foundation, was instrumental in helping to pass H.B. 1287, and said, "For too long Texas school districts have been threatened and oppressed by enemies of academic freedom, for simply daring to offer instruction on...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-09-14)
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