Advocacy
Controversial bill allowing chaplains in Oklahoma's public schools advances
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Interfaith Alliance and Texas Impact, an interfaith grassroots network, sent school districts across Texas a letter signed by more than 100 Texas chaplains urging school leaders to reject the chaplain law. But Texas lawmakers who voted to approve the bill said the measure was a way to support school districts facing a shortage of school counselors.
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Religious Freedom Means No State-Sponsored Scripture on Our Public School Classroom Walls
A federal appeals court ruling upholding Texas’s Ten Commandments classroom mandate marks a troubling setback for church–state separation, as interfaith advocates vow to keep fighting for inclusive religious freedom in public schools.
