The text of what Christians call the Ten Commandments comes from two places in the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament as some Christians name it): Exodus 20:1–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21.

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serving as his state’s attorney general in 2005, he appeared before the Supreme Court to argue Van Orden v. Perry.

The ACLU and other civil rights groups announced plans Thursday to challenge a newly passed Texas bill requiring public schools display a copy of the Ten Commandments in each classroom.

Such a well-nigh universal scholarly view of the Ten Commandments constitutes a decisive argument against posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Why?

In a viral video, Democratic State Rep. James Talarico grills a Republican colleague over a bill to make the Ten Commandments mandatory in public schools.

“If the Ten Commandments were a ‘ministration of death,’ as the New Testament affirms, in 2 Cor. 3:7 KJV, which reads, "But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, ...

I’m an Old Testament scholar who cares about God’s law. But posting it in public schools misunderstands who and what it’s for. Efforts to post the Ten Commandments in public schools are not ...

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill into law requiring religious displays be posted in taxpayer-funded classrooms.

The bills — passed with overwhelming majorities — would mandate in public schools the display of the Ten Commandments, ban drag shows, prohibit teachers from displaying pride flags or ...

The "Dead Sea Scrolls" exhibit, announced at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, features ancient Jewish manuscripts, plus the rarely seen Ten Commandments Scroll.

The Right Wing’s New Plot to Force the Ten Commandments on Schoolkids The Supreme Court has rebuffed these efforts before, but that was nearly a half-century ago. Today’s MAGA conservatives ...

The Ten Commandments, when treated as moral imperatives that must be publicly displayed and enforced, become a form of legalism — a belief that righteousness comes from external conformity rather than ...