TX passed a bill to allow public schools to replace counselors with unlicensed religious chaplains.

[Nevilledog]

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Both houses of the Texas legislature have now passed a bill to allow public schools to replace counselors with unlicensed religious chaplains.

A group pushing the legislation says it’s on a mission to “use the public school system to bring Jesus to the entire nation.”

Christopher Tackett @[e-mail]
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Chaplains in public schools, replacing counselors (SB763), passed the House yesterday. Every Republican was for it

This is what they voted for. Rocky Malloy was an invited witness in both chambers. He runs Mission Generation and National School Chaplain Association
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7:35 AM · May 9, 2023

[sakabatou]

1. Because who needs people that can actually help students

when you can have adults to make students feel worse and unwelcome!

[woodsprite]

2. A pedo pastor's dream. nt

[Wounded Bear]

8. Indeed! nt

[badhair77]

3. This is one of the craziest things I ever heard.

I taught for over 3 decades and often turned to my school’s counselors for help for and with students. I can’t imagine turning to an unlicensed pastor for any professional guidance. Just another step in the right’s goal of taking over and dismantling public schools.

[WmChris]

4. Separation

Separation of church and state? Sounds more and more like a theocratic indoctrination technique.

[nature-lover]

5. Just talked to my TX rep's. office and told them that I was appalled by this legislation.

I told them there is a separation between church and state and that having unlicensed religious chaplains is detrimental to our education system.

Won't do any good, but made me feel a little better to blow off some steam. Calling my state senator next.

[Nevilledog]

6. Good job!

[Freethinker65]

7. As a non believer from elementary school on,

I would have not taken seriously any counseling advice from a religious chaplain if the advice was based on religion. Do this because "God" or the Bible says you should, or do this and it will help you get into heaven would have been laughed off (sorry to true believers). Now if the religious counselor explains the importance of doing certain things now to have potentially much better opportunities later in life, fine (or maybe, depending on exactly what was being discussed).

Changing my behavior or study habits to appease something I don't believe in would have been counter-productive. Perhaps that is the point? To try to only help believers, and if you fail at indoctrinating nonbelievers, let them fail at school?

[lindysalsagal]

9. Gotta be challenged. It's unconstitutional.

[Phoenix61]

10. They truly have lost their minds. nt

[Horse with no Name]

11. They've already been able to funnel school funding to religious schools

Now they have to force religion on the students that remain.
I wish I could leave here. It sucks.