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Texas mom backs Ten Commandments in classrooms as legal battle reaches Supreme Court

Austin-area mom Brittany McFarland explains why she welcomes the Ten Commandments in her kindergartner’s public school classroom and pushes back on claims the displays impose religion as Texas families ask the Supreme Court to block the law. As roughly two dozen Texas families fight to keep the Ten Commandments off public school walls, one Austin-area mom is making no apologies for wanting them in her kindergartner's classroom. Brittany McFarland, a Christian mother whose 5-year-old daughter attends public school in Texas, told Fox News Digital she was "pleasantly surprised" by the new classroom displays and said the fierce backlash over them reflects a much bigger battle over faith, values and religious liberty in America's public schools. "I feel like our country, we've been kind of forced to erase religion and discussion of religion in schools in

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Ten Commandments belong in Texas schools and the Supreme Court can protect them

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Texas mom backs Ten Commandments in classrooms as legal battle reaches Supreme Court

Austin-area mom Brittany McFarland explains why she welcomes the Ten Commandments in her kindergartner’s public school classroom and pushes back on claims the displays impose religion as Texas families ask the Supreme…

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