Flynn Refiles Ten Commandments Bill

AUSTIN — A bill involving the Ten Commandments didn’t pass during the last legislative session, but it’s being filed again by the same state lawmaker — and is sure to raise some eyebrows. State Representative Dan Flynn of Van says he’s re-introducing the measure that would allow Texas school teachers to post the Biblical laws in their classrooms. He says it’s important to his constituents who feel teachers should have the option, and he says a precedent of sorts has already been set. According to Flynn, “You walk into the Supreme Court building in the United States of America, and the Ten Commandments are posted there very openly. You walk on the capitol grounds of the State Capitol of Texas, they’re posted very prominently. The Supreme Court said that we could post them there.” Flynn says the bill is not pushing religion. He says the Commandments represent a moral conduct that’s often missing in today’s society and no one should be able to criticize it.