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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary announces its graduating class; a federal judge sides with Texas on allowing the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms; Star’s Tarot of the Week; and new music from Alexian.
A federal judge blocked Texas’ Ten Commandments law for 11 districts, but Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed schools must comply elsewhere, setting up a high-stakes clash over religious freedom and church–state separation.
Three bills introduced in the North Dakota Legislative Assembly appear to herald additional legislation supporting a Christian Nationalist agenda.
Nine Louisiana families have filed a federal lawsuit against the state challenging a newly ratified law that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, arguing that it violates the First Amendment’s separation of church and state.
TWH – Now that the season has turned and we are nearing the end of the 2017, we look back, one last time, to review this historic year. What happened? What didn’t happen? What events shaped our thoughts and guided our actions? In our collective worlds, both big and small, what were the major discussions?