# They are trying it again- Ten Commandments

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**Created:** [June 20, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-trying-it-again-ten-commandments/1003134 "2024-06-20T20:54:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-trying-it-again-ten-commandments/1003134/171 "2026-04-09T03:41:20Z")

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I’m guessing this ignorant stunt should be termed _Biblical Beetlejuice_ because, of course, [they’re at at yet again](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-students-could-soon-forced-142712148.html).

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> The [conservative-majority Texas State Board of Education](https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-approves-bible-based-lessons-200443628.html)is considering adding at least 15 passages from the Bible to a [required reading list](https://sboe.texas.gov/state-board-of-education/sboe-2026/sboe-2026-april/april-2026-sboe-agenda.pdf) as part of English lessons in public schools – the latest push from conservatives to [implement Christianity into school curriculums.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-pushes-lord-prayer-public-154839685.html)
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> Beginning in middle school, Texas students could be forced to [read stories from the Bible](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/oklahoma-court-tosses-lawsuit-over-233154070.html)including Jonah and the Whale, David and Goliath, and Lamentations 3 in addition to passages such as The Definition of Love from the New Testament, according to the list reported by the [_New York Times_.](http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=44681X1458326&articleId=b2953047&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2026%2F04%2F07%2Fus%2Ftexas-considers-required-reading-list-for-schools-which-includes-the-bible.html&sref=/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-public-schools-bible-b2953047.html)

What’s the fig leaf\* they’re using this time?

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> The list also includes well-known literary works such as The Diary of Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, “The Odyssey,” various plays by William Shakespeare, poems by Edgar Allan Poe and more.

\*Yes, that’s a Biblical term.

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