Founders Valued Separation of Church and State. So Should Texas.

Reader responses to recent commentaries on the Ten Commandments in schools

"Huppke and Grumet did a fabulous job responding to Louisiana’s / Dan Patrick’s 10 Commandments public school laws. But I must add that, as a long-time primary public school teacher, I am horrified at this proposal. So, I’m required to put a poster on my wall that speaks to adultery?! My initial response would be 'pay no attention, children' because I am not engaging 1st graders in this conversation. Adultery is not an American law – just ask Trump – and I refuse to go into God’s law that you’ll burn in hell for it. I’m a Deist, same as some of the founding fathers. I am tired of opinion columnists writing that this nation was founded on Judeo-Christian laws. It wasn’t. Look it up. That’s why separation of church and state was such a big deal to them. And it ought to be a big deal to us, too."

Beverly Clark, Wimberley, Texas

"The constant hypocrisy by the party of 'law and order' (who then deny the January 6 insurrection) and Bible thumpers who would horrify Jesus with their attitudes toward migrants (remember Sodom and Gomorrah?) and LGBTQ people is clear to anyone who truly believes and everyone who doesn’t."

Rona Distenfeld, Austin, Texas

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