Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday recommended that schools allow students to recite the Lord’s Prayer as part of the Lone Star State’s push to increase religious expression in public schools.

Texas Senate Bill 11 , enacted on Monday, effectively enables school boards to adopt policies for voluntary prayer and reading the Bible or other religious texts.

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Proponents of the new law argue that its permitted practices are voluntary and apply to all religions to avoid infringing on anyone’s freedom of religion protected under the First Amendm

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