Texas Lt. Governor Vows to Pass Bill Requiring Ten Commandments in Public Schools

‘I will pass the 10 Commandments Bill again out of the Senate next session,’ said Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick in the Senate chamber at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 20, 2021. Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican, vowed to reintroduce legislation requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in the state’s public schools after a prior failed effort in Texas and success in Louisiana, which just became the first state in the country to adopt such a mandate.

“Texas WOULD have been and SHOULD have been the first state in the nation to put the 10 Commandments back in our schools,” Mr. Patrick wrote in a post on social media platform X.