The founders simply wanted to prevent Congress and the federal government from establishing a national religion.

Stone tablets depicting the Ten Commandments are shown outside the Supreme Court in Washington June 27, 2005, placed there during a vigil by a religious group. In Louisiana, Public school classrooms ...

Indiana joins multiple Republican-led state legislatures seeking to display the Ten Commandments in government buildings, ...

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — During the most recent legislative session, lawmakers in Arkansas passed a law allowing the Ten Commandments to be put in taxpayer-funded buildings, which includes public schools.

Indiana already mandates public schools teach every moral value promoted by the Ten Commandments. That includes abstinence-focused rather than comprehensive sexual education emphasizing the importance ...

Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas have all passed laws -- now on hold -- to mandate the biblical laws' display in classrooms. mtcurado/iStock via Getty Images Plus All three laws have been at least ...

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