Ten Commandments
Georgia GOP senators seek to ban sexually explicit books from school libraries, reduce sex education
By Jeff Amy — February 22, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — The measure passed by the Education Committee would ban distribution of any sexual materials to students in sixth grade and below and restrict them for seventh grade and above.
In Texas, Republicans push bills aimed at enhancing faith’s role in school
By Jack Jenkins — April 24, 2023
(RNS) — Cantor Sheri Allen, co-founder of the Jewish congregation Makom Shelanu, called the bills a “blatant violation of the separation of church and state.”
How much do Americans know about the faiths around them?
By Ryan Burge — February 15, 2023
(RNS) — And what helps us most to understand our neighbors’ faiths?
Long-hidden synagogue mural gets rehabbed, relocated
By Lisa Rathke — August 16, 2022
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — It's a rare representation of a kind of art that graced wooden synagogues in Europe that were largely destroyed during the Holocaust, experts say.
Faith and true crime: The morals of writing about seekers and grisly deaths
By Mark I. Pinsky — March 17, 2022
(RNS) — How a true-crime writer keeps compassion in mind amid gore and tragedy.
Why the first in-person gathering for many US Jews may not be so celebratory
By Yonat Shimron — May 14, 2021
(RNS) — Debates over the crisis in Israel may not be the most desirable way to start in-person gatherings. But it will be a hard topic to avoid.
‘The Prophet,’ ‘10 Commandments’ and other religious works enter public domain
By Menachem Wecker — January 28, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A number of books and films with religious themes — like ‘The 10 Commandments’ and ‘The Prophet’ — entered their literary afterlife this month. Published in 1923, the works are now in the public domain.
Satanic Temple brings Baphomet statue to Arkansas for rally
By Yonat Shimron — August 17, 2018
The Satanic Temple says the Ten Commandments monument violates constitutional freedom of religion rights and that the installation of their statue would demonstrate religious tolerance.
Satanic Temple plans to sue Arkansas over Ten Commandments monument
By Yonat Shimron — April 26, 2018
(RNS) — The Satanic Temple, which claims it has 100,000 members around the world, has become a vocal defender of religious freedom.
How ‘pro bono’ offers to defend religious monuments are stressing local governments
By Andrew L. Seidel — March 7, 2018
(RNS) — Pro bono? Not even a penny? The old adage holds: This sounds too good to be true. And it is, says Andrew L. Seidel.
Ten Commandments monument attracts Texas shoppers, not protesters
By Kimberly Winston — January 3, 2018
(RNS) — A Texas mall proudly erects a massive Ten Commandments monument and attracts none of the controversy that has swirled around similar displays on public land.
Man found unfit for trial over Ten Commandments destruction
By Andrew DeMillo — November 16, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man charged with crashing his vehicle into Arkansas' Ten Commandments display nearly three years after he was accused of destroying a monument at Oklahoma's Capitol was found mentally unfit Thursday to go to trial.
Roy Moore’s compensation from religious-themed charity includes $540,000 mortgage
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 12, 2017
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore had a deal to collect $180,000 in annual salary for part-time work from the legal charity he founded and ended up with a half-million-dollar stake in the group's headquarters, records and interviews show.
Christian movie studio donates $25,000 to rebuild Ten Commandments monument in Arkansas
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 12, 2017
(RNS) — As of Monday (July 10) afternoon, the American History and Heritage Foundation had received more than $55,000 to replace the monument.
Man arrested for smashing Ten Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol
By Steve Barnes — June 28, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) The suspect, identified as Michael Reed, faces three charges, including felony defacing an object of public interest.
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