Texas lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to require that the Ten Commandments be posted in every classroom in the state, part of a newly energized national effort to insert religion into public life.
Supporters believe the Supreme Court’s ruling last summer in favor of a high school football coach who prayed with players essentially removed any guardrails between religion and government.
Those who object to the bills say they reflect a country that is tipping into a new, dangerous phase in its church-state balance, with people in power who want to assert a version of Christian dominance.
This comes on the heels that less than half of Americans now say they believe that God exists.
A majority of Americans now say they are not sure about the existence of God, according to a new survey.
The General Social Survey, which has charted societal trends in the United States since 1972, found that just under 50 per cent of Americans had belief of God’s existence.
That’s compared to two-thirds of American adults in 1993, and 60 per cent in 2008, held the faith in God’s existence.
