Back in the Reagan era, these moments played for laughs. But today, the collision of faith and public life is no joke—especially in Alabama, where Republican lawmakers deep in the Bible Belt are attempting to turn religious devotion into state policy.

A new bill in the Idaho Legislature would require all public schools to display the Ten Commandments. The proposal marks a effort from Christian Republican lawmakers in the state to push religion into the public sphere, testing the bounds of the Constitution and the country’s separation of church and state.

Bill 34, also called the Historical Educational Displays Act, would require school boards to list one historical educational document in each school building classroom.

BISMARCK — A bill that would have required the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public schools in North Dakota was the subject of a lengthy House floor fight on Wednesday before eventually being voted down 53-38.

Members of the Georgia General Assembly filed a bill to require all public elementary and secondary schools to display copies of the Ten Commandments in various locations on campuses across the state.