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Texas may soon require schools to post the Ten Commandments. Meet the Jewish lawmaker fighting back.

JL;DR SUMMARY Texas State Rep. Jon Rosenthal, the only Jewish member of the state's legislature, actively opposes a new bill mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, viewing it as a threat to the separation of church and state. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Christian NationalismReligious FreedomReligious DiversityTen CommandmentsSeparation Of Church And StateJon RosenthalTexas LegislatureJewish LawmakerGovernor Greg AbbottMultireligious Identity

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Texas, United States
"Texas may soon require schools to post the Ten Commandments."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Texas State Rep. Jon Rosenthal, joined by fellow Democratic Texas state representatives, speaks at a 2021 press conference in Washington, D.C."
Houston, Texas, United States
"boldly unconstitutional. The 61-year-old with a salt-and-pepper goatee and rectangular-frame glasses represents a district outside of Houston..."

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