Alabama leaders, however, say they are doing what the voters want and are confident the laws will be upheld by the courts. The school prayer bill is a constitutional amendment that would have to go before voters for approval, and GOP officials believe it would pass with 70 to 80 percent support.

Bill requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools is not based on religious freedom. You don't expand religious freedom by forcing it on others.

BOISE — A bill to require the prominent display of the Ten Commandments in all Idaho public schools was introduced Friday with no discussion.

The Historical Education Displays Act, a new Senate proposal, would give school boards the ability to put the Ten Commandments in public classrooms.