Pointing to a federal appeals court win last week, state Rep. Briscoe Cain said posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms is a reminder of our country’s moral foundation.
“Our founders understood that liberty can’t survive without virtue,” Cain, an attorney and Republican congressional candidate, told American Family Radio.
The appeals court decision, a narrow 9-8 ruling, rejected the claim displaying the historic and biblical text infringes on the rights of parents and students.
Even though the ruling will likely be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, it represents a legal win for states Louisiana and Alabama that have similar state laws to display the Ten Commandments in schools.
On the issue of morality, Cain cited the famous cautionary words of John Adams, who was then the second U.S. president. His letter, written in 1798, said the then-new U.S. Constitution was written for a “moral and religious” people.
Picking up on that famous quote, "Core" show host Walker Wildmon said there is no middle ground, or neutrality, when it comes to a biblical worldview.
“It’s not some net equal effect that just zeroes out, and it's neither good nor bad, positive nor negative. This has consequences,” he said.
Cain, whose pro-life stance is well-known in the Texas House, told the program devaluing human life is the result of a secularized society. Abortion is one example, he said, but assisted suicide is another and is becoming more common.
“We've got end-of-life things, where we want to kill people faster, and, of course, the murder of the unborn,” he said.
Switching to the topic of Sharia law, the state lawmaker said the State of Texas has been addressing that Islamic ideology going back to a 2017 state law that bans Islamic courts.
Even with that state law in place, Cain said, militant Muslims are conducting Islamic-based civil courts in secret. There are also legal fights to stop Islamic-based communities, such as Epic City.
Cain also credited Gov. Greg Abbott for declaring the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Council on American Islamic Relations, both foreign terrorist groups.
“At the end of the day, we've got to somehow adjust to where we see them, really, as a political ideology and not a religion,” the lawmaker warned.
