07/05/2023
"I'll probably have more later but, and I say this to you as a fellow Christian representative, I know you're a devout Christian, and so am I. This bill to me is not only unconstitutional, it's not only un-American; I think it is also deeply un-Christian.
And I say that because I believe this bill is idolatrous. I believe it is exclusionary and I believe it is arrogant. And those three things in my reading of the Gospel are diametrically opposed to the teachings of Jesus. You probably know Matthew 6:5 when Jesus says, “Don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners. When you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret.”
A religion that has to force people to put up a poster to prove its legitimacy is a dead religion. And it's not one that I want to be a part of. It's not one that I think I am a part of."
In late April, the Republican-led Texas state Senate approved a law that would require every public and charter school classroom to display a poster of the Ten Commandments. On Tuesday, a Texas House committee on public education held an open...