Texas attorney general wants students to pray in school – unless they’re Muslim

Texas attorney general wants students to pray in school – unless they’re Muslim

Curated from US news | The Guardian — Here’s what matters right now:

Ken Paxton, who is running for US Senate, is urging schools to say the Lord’s Prayer as a Republican law goes into effect Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general running for US Senate, has long believed in school prayer. Now, he’s prescribing precisely what type of prayer he wants the state’s 6 million public school students to recite. “In Texas classrooms, we want the Word of God opened, the Ten Commandments displayed, and prayers lifted up,” Paxton said in a statement on Tuesday, encouraging students to say “the Lord’s Prayer, as taught by Jesus Christ”. Continue reading...

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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian

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