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riversedge

(77,539 posts)
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 08:58 AM Wednesday

Texas AG Ken Paxton calls for prayer time in schools

Source: the hill


by Zach Kaplan - 09/02/25 11:22 PM ET


Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is encouraging schools in his state “to implement dedicated time for prayer and the reading of scripture,” according to a Sept. 2 press release.

The announcement follows the recent enactment of Senate Bill 11 in Texas on Sept. 1, allowing “school boards to adopt policies setting aside time for voluntary prayer and the reading of the Bible or other religious texts,” according to the release.

The bill directs the Attorney General’s office to “defend any school district or charter school that adopts such a policy,” according to the release.

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Paxton is squaring off against Sen. John Cornyn in the upcoming Texas Senate primary race......................

“There you go again. Ten Commandments for thee, but not for me, eh, Ken?” Cornyn said in response to Paxton, in a post on X........................




Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/5482710-texas-ken-paxton-prayer-time-schools/?tbref=hp



Leave it to Paxton to bring up religious issues-he is such a con man!!


Attorney General Ken Paxton
@KenPaxtonTX
BREAKING: I'm encouraging Texas schools to begin the legal process of putting prayer back in the classroom and recommending the Lord's Prayer for students.

In Texas classrooms, we want the Word of God opened, the Ten Commandments displayed, and prayers lifted up.


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Texas AG Ken Paxton calls for prayer time in schools (Original Post) riversedge Wednesday OP
Mandatory prayer EYESORE 9001 Wednesday #1
GQP are just plain evil.............. Lovie777 Wednesday #4
Down on our knees.... lastlib Wednesday #14
Hey kids, here's the prayer I recommend: tanyev Wednesday #2
My thoughts and prayers vapor2 Wednesday #17
"If you want religion in schools, I want the IRS in churches." Timeflyer Wednesday #3
Why dont they take the children kacekwl Wednesday #5
Tell Ken to demand prayer azureblue Wednesday #6
From which bible? DBoon Wednesday #18
Or, the Koran? Bayard Wednesday #24
Violation of Schemp decision 60 years ago. no_hypocrisy Wednesday #7
Who is this supposed to benefit? Certainly not the kids. bucolic_frolic Wednesday #8
Who is this supposed to exclude? DBoon Wednesday #20
Ken release the details of your affaiirs bronxiteforever Wednesday #9
Paxton is every bit as good a Christian as is trump. Paladin Wednesday #10
"time for voluntary prayer and the reading of the Bible or other religious texts" is recess, isn't it? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #11
How deaf can one be? They were literally Figarosmom Wednesday #12
Go right ahead. OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #13
Hey Ken! lastlib Wednesday #15
Just the Lord's Prayer, not the Golden Rule or the Beatitudes, eh, Ken? William Seger Wednesday #16
Fuck off. SamKnause Wednesday #19
Concise and to the point. twodogsbarking Wednesday #26
I'll be right over to cast a circle! Attilatheblond Wednesday #21
Did that adulterous bozo miss the news story about the kids shot, some killed, in their school's mass? Attilatheblond Wednesday #22
Well fuck that. Amen. twodogsbarking Wednesday #23
They can all pray they don't get shot to shreds. Oh wait, that doesn't work. twodogsbarking Wednesday #25
Unconstitutional but so is voter ID and both will become common place or already are Eliot Rosewater Wednesday #27
Bunch of schoolkids just got shot *while actually praying.* Ocelot II Wednesday #28
Ken, how about praying for some gun control ? republianmushroom Wednesday #29
Back to this issue again so I'm sure they're gonna make space for Muslim children and their prayer times Deuxcents Wednesday #30
I remember having to say the Lord's Prayer in elementary school. kskiska Wednesday #31
I remember having one of the world's best second grade teachers. murielm99 Wednesday #32
I remember prayer in public schools. PoindexterOglethorpe Wednesday #33
It has been starkly shown in the last week that prayer does NOT Miguelito Loveless Wednesday #34
When I was in High School there was a daily Bible verse reading ashredux Wednesday #35
I bow down to your knowledge oh wise one. twodogsbarking Wednesday #39
Classic quotes from The Simpsons Deminpenn Wednesday #36
What about atheist students? Oeditpus Rex Wednesday #37
Can I read a science book during prayer time or will you beat me with the belt again? twodogsbarking Wednesday #38
From the guy angrychair Wednesday #40
Sez the guy who frequently breaks the ten commandments... ananda Wednesday #41
Lord, we pray you take Paxton to the cemetery and make him be buried face down so he sees where he's going. Wonder Why Wednesday #42
The "school prayer" that we said every morning with the Pledge was eliminated here in NY when I was in elementary school Rhiannon12866 Thursday #43
as though most of us haven't prayed before a math test... travelingthrulife Thursday #44

EYESORE 9001

(28,941 posts)
1. Mandatory prayer
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:00 AM
Wednesday

Must be some authoritarian gawd with even more insecurity issues than Yahweh of yore.

Lovie777

(19,997 posts)
4. GQP are just plain evil..............
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:08 AM
Wednesday

and they have no qualms about holding the Bible and a gun while spurring lies, making up shit, steal amd cheat, condemning the less fortune, et al.

They are the four horsemen.

They have broken all of the 7 deadly sins.

lastlib

(26,618 posts)
14. Down on our knees....
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:52 AM
Wednesday

...in the church of *their* choice.

"O Satan, hear my prayer.....in your name!"

tanyev

(47,681 posts)
2. Hey kids, here's the prayer I recommend:
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:02 AM
Wednesday
Dear God, please give Ken Paxton everything he so richly deserves. Amen.

azureblue

(2,552 posts)
6. Tell Ken to demand prayer
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:25 AM
Wednesday

--Pray the Rosary every Morning. Oh, no, Ken didn't mean that kind of prayer ----

DBoon

(24,218 posts)
18. From which bible?
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:06 AM
Wednesday

The Orthodox Study Bible? (Eastern Orthodox)
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition? (Catholic)
Judaica Press Tanakh? (Orthodox Jewish)
The Bible in Living English? (Jehova's Witness)
Julia E. Smith Parker Translation? (Congregationalist)
The Holy Bible: Jah International Version: The Sacred Scriptures of Rastafari ? (OMG, there is even a Rastafari version)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_Bible_translations

Bayard

(26,809 posts)
24. Or, the Koran?
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:07 AM
Wednesday

Or, the prayers of Indigenous nations?

Or, any number of non-christian books?

Expect lawsuits, Paxton.

bucolic_frolic

(52,203 posts)
8. Who is this supposed to benefit? Certainly not the kids.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:30 AM
Wednesday

Power, control, obedience, brainwashing pure and simple.

DBoon

(24,218 posts)
20. Who is this supposed to exclude?
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:12 AM
Wednesday

Anyone whose religion at home is not associated with the particular version of the bible chosen by Paxton.

Jews, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, non-standard Christian groups, Mormons, all non-christian religions, all secular, atheist and agnostic people.

Paxton is now defining who does not belong in Texas.

Paladin

(31,521 posts)
10. Paxton is every bit as good a Christian as is trump.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:41 AM
Wednesday

Paxton's demand that children tackle The Lord's Prayer is particularly vile, somehow. And once again I say: if Paxton makes it into the U.S. Senate, he'll make Ted Cruz seem pleasant, diligent, and moderate by comparison. He's already managed to make John Cornyn seem competent, something I didn't believe was possible.

muriel_volestrangler

(104,526 posts)
11. "time for voluntary prayer and the reading of the Bible or other religious texts" is recess, isn't it? (nt)
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:43 AM
Wednesday

Figarosmom

(8,175 posts)
12. How deaf can one be? They were literally
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:44 AM
Wednesday

Praying at the last shooting while being shot.

Other than that how exactly does this help? Waste of time.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,903 posts)
13. Go right ahead.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:47 AM
Wednesday

I am sure there are plenty of people who are gearing up to sue the life out of your department and the entire state for ignoring federal law.

Now, as to how effective it will be.... well...

William Seger

(11,786 posts)
16. Just the Lord's Prayer, not the Golden Rule or the Beatitudes, eh, Ken?
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:59 AM
Wednesday

None of the "woke" stuff for Texas "Christians," huh.

SamKnause

(14,410 posts)
19. Fuck off.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:09 AM
Wednesday

Shove you prayers, your evil woman hating book, and your mass murdering imaginary friend up your ass.

Attilatheblond

(7,112 posts)
22. Did that adulterous bozo miss the news story about the kids shot, some killed, in their school's mass?
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:15 AM
Wednesday

Is he saying he wants more kids killed?

Eliot Rosewater

(33,833 posts)
27. Unconstitutional but so is voter ID and both will become common place or already are
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:11 AM
Wednesday

Constitution is no longer applicable in the United States.

Supreme Court no longer looks to the constitution or the law or precedent only to what they are told to do by the fascist dictator piece of shit.

Ocelot II

(126,924 posts)
28. Bunch of schoolkids just got shot *while actually praying.*
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:14 AM
Wednesday

I'm not sure what praying in school is really supposed to do.

republianmushroom

(21,238 posts)
29. Ken, how about praying for some gun control ?
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:18 AM
Wednesday

Gun control would do a hell of a lot more good. IMO

Deuxcents

(23,812 posts)
30. Back to this issue again so I'm sure they're gonna make space for Muslim children and their prayer times
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:23 AM
Wednesday

Jewish kids to recite their prayers, and to accommodate all the religious beliefs and excuse those non believers, as per the constitution which says freedom of and from religion. They keep stepping on this issue but not the energy for gun safety in schools or warning systems for violent weather. And yet..the voters keep voting for these people..

kskiska

(27,162 posts)
31. I remember having to say the Lord's Prayer in elementary school.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:23 AM
Wednesday

I have to wonder how the Jewish kids dealt with this. There was no concern as far as I know.

murielm99

(32,313 posts)
32. I remember having one of the world's best second grade teachers.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:35 AM
Wednesday

We may have been required to have the Christmas story, straight from the New Testament, taught to us then. The little Jewish girl in my class was not forced to participate. In fact, she and her parents taught us all about Hanukah. Her parents invited the teacher to synagogue for a Hanukah event. She went, and told the class about it.

We all learned something, and had fun while learning.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,058 posts)
33. I remember prayer in public schools.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:36 AM
Wednesday

I was enraged that I had to recite one that wasn't part of my faith.

ashredux

(2,758 posts)
35. When I was in High School there was a daily Bible verse reading
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:52 AM
Wednesday

The school intercom had the reading after announcements

A few of us decided to have one of us to go and get inline for announcements and do a daily Koran reading

LOL…that lasted 2 days. But then ALL scripture readings stoped. It was on of my best LEARNING experiences!!

Deminpenn

(16,961 posts)
36. Classic quotes from The Simpsons
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:55 AM
Wednesday

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools

And

Prayer, the last refuge of scoundrels

Oeditpus Rex

(42,601 posts)
37. What about atheist students?
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 12:08 PM
Wednesday

Or students who don't believe in prayer or scripture? Would there be alternative ways for them to spend this designatrd time? Would they be punished for not praying or reading scripture?

I hope this gets to the Supreme Court. Even this Court would see the obvious constitutional violations.

angrychair

(11,077 posts)
40. From the guy
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 01:24 PM
Wednesday

That repeatedly cheated on his wife, apparently with other men (not that same sex relationships are bad, just the hypocrisy of people like Paxton)

ananda

(32,961 posts)
41. Sez the guy who frequently breaks the ten commandments...
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 02:17 PM
Wednesday

and knows nothing about what it means to be a Christian.

Wonder Why

(6,124 posts)
42. Lord, we pray you take Paxton to the cemetery and make him be buried face down so he sees where he's going.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 04:29 PM
Wednesday

Rhiannon12866

(242,025 posts)
43. The "school prayer" that we said every morning with the Pledge was eliminated here in NY when I was in elementary school
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 05:31 AM
Thursday

travelingthrulife

(3,135 posts)
44. as though most of us haven't prayed before a math test...
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 10:08 AM
Thursday

He should have to publicly recite those pesky commandments against adultery and theft each and every day. I am certain most if not all of the ten apply to him. Not sure if he has murdered anyone directly.

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