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得州民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉利科本周严厉抨击一项允许得州强制执行要求课堂展示十诫的法律的法院裁决，称这是一项“极其非基督教的裁决”。
他谴责“基督教民族主义”，并表示：“我是一名基督徒，但我知道最危险的政府形式是神权政治。”
塔拉利科是得州民主党州议员，目前正参选得州参议院席位，力争让该席位数十年来首次由民主党拿下。民主党人认为，塔拉利科有很大机会击败现任共和党参议员约翰·康恩或现任州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿。如果塔拉利科获胜，将对共和党今年11月保留或扩大参议院多数席位的希望造成重创。
本周在CNN节目中，塔拉利科谴责了联邦第五巡回上诉法院的裁决。他表示，这项要求展示十诫的法律冒犯了得州的犹太教、伊斯兰教、佛教、印度教、锡克教信徒、不可知论者和无神论者。
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得州州议员、美国参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉利科称，一项允许得州要求学校展示十诫的法律的裁决“极其非基督教”。（布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社；迈克·西蒙斯/盖蒂图片社）
“我不希望任何人将他们的宗教强加于我，当然也不希望政府将宗教强加于我。那我又为什么要对我的任何邻居这么做呢？”他告诉CNN，“我认为这是一项违宪的裁决，我还认为这是一项极其非基督教的裁决，因为我们本应爱我们所有的邻居，尤其是信仰其他宗教的邻居。”
周二，第五巡回上诉法院以9票对8票的投票结果维持了得州法律，要求全州公立学校展示十诫。法院裁定，该法律既未违反宪法的政教分离条款，也未违反宗教自由条款。
法院的多数意见称：“由于原告未能证明[得州法律]S.B.10实质上加重了他们的宗教自由权利负担，因此他们的宗教自由索赔必须被驳回。”
不过，除了前中学教师身份外，还是长老会神学院学生的塔拉利科坚称，这项法律违背了基督教“爱上帝、爱邻人”的诫命。
“我的信仰教导我要爱人如己。不只是和我外貌相似的邻居，不只是和我投票立场一致的邻居，不只是和我祷告方式相同的邻居。我被召唤去爱我所有的邻居，就像爱我自己一样。这包括我的犹太、穆斯林、佛教、印度教、锡克教信徒、不可知论者和无神论者邻居，”他说道。
他还谴责了他所谓的“基督教民族主义”，称：“比暴君更糟糕的，是那些认为自己肩负上帝使命的暴君。”
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2025年11月19日，得州利安德市巴格达小学的一间教室内展示着一份十诫文本，此前得州通过法律要求学区在教室内张贴十诫。（杰伊·詹纳/奥斯汀美国政治家报/盖蒂图片社）
作为得州州议会成员，塔拉利科多年来一直反对这项十诫法案，称其为“偶像崇拜”。
在CNN节目中，他还抨击了帕克斯顿对该裁决的赞扬。他笑着说：“我不确定肯·帕克斯顿有资格就道德价值观对我们指手画脚。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系帕克斯顿寻求置评。
目前正与康恩进行激烈党内初选 runoff 的帕克斯顿称该裁决是“得州和我们的道德价值观的重大胜利”。
他表示，十诫“对我们国家产生了深远影响，让学生每天都能从中学习至关重要”，并补充道，“我的办公室很自豪能为S.B.10辩护，并成功确保十诫将在得州各地的教室中展示。”
在塔拉利科的抨击之后，帕克斯顿在X平台上回应称：“詹姆斯·塔拉利科说上帝命令我们相信六种性别、支持晚期堕胎，并通过‘跨性别改造’虐待儿童。他完全彻底地道德败坏。”
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得州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿与参议员约翰·康恩（共和党-得州）将进入得州党内初选 runoff，将他们的初选较量推迟至5月下旬。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社/盖蒂图片社和安娜·莫尼姆/盖蒂图片社）
并非只有帕克斯顿批评塔拉利科对该裁决的看法。“转折点美国”发言人安德鲁·科尔维特在X平台上发帖称：“想象一下，一名基督徒登上CNN谴责在学校放置十诫。想想詹姆斯·塔拉利科。”
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作为回应，塔拉利科强硬回应，告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“耶稣教导我们要爱上帝、爱邻人，因为不爱邻人就没有对上帝的爱。我的信仰教导我要爱人如己。我不希望政府将宗教强加于我。”
塔拉利科补充道：“政教分离是一道神圣的界限，这不仅对国家有利——对教会也有利，因为当教会与政治权力过于亲密时，它就会失去其先知之声。”
康恩的一位发言人在回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求时表示：“我们支持这项裁决。”
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Texas Dem James Talarico rips ‘un-Christian’ court decision on what’s allowed in classrooms
April 24, 2026 1:08pm EDT / Fox News
Texas Democrat James Talarico slammed a court ruling this week allowing Texas to enforce a law requiring classrooms to display the 10 Commandments, calling it a “deeply un-Christian decision.”
He decried “Christian nationalism,” saying, “I’m a Christian, but I know that the most dangerous form of government is theocracy.”
Talarico, a Democratic Texas state representative, is running to flip one of Texas’ Senate seats blue for the first time in decades. Democrats believe Talarico has a real shot at defeating either incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn or current state Attorney General Ken Paxton. A Talarico victory would be devastating to the GOP’s hopes of retaining or expanding its Senate majority this November.
Speaking on CNN this week, Talarico condemned the decision by the federal Fifth Circuit Court. He suggested the law requiring the 10 Commandments to be displayed poses an affront to individuals in Texas who are Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, agnostic and atheist.
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Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, called a ruling allowing a Texas law requiring the 10 Commandments be displayed in schools “deeply un-Christian.”(Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Mike Simons/Getty Images)
“I don’t want anyone forcing their religion down my throat, and I certainly don’t want the government forcing a religion down my throat. So why would I do that to any of my neighbors?” he told CNN. “I think this is an unconstitutional decision, I also think this is a deeply un-Christian decision, because we are supposed to be loving all of our neighbors, particularly our neighbors of other faiths.”
In a 9–8 ruling on Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Texas law requiring public schools across the state to display the Ten Commandments. The court ruled the law does not violate either the Constitution’s Establishment Clause or the Free Exercise Clause.
The court’s majority opinion stated that “because Plaintiffs fail to show that [Texas law] S.B. 10 substantially burdens their right to religious exercise, their Free Exercise claims must be dismissed.”
However, Talarico, who is a Presbyterian seminarian in addition to a former middle school teacher, asserted that the law runs afoul of the Christian imperative to love God and love neighbor.
“My faith teaches me to love my neighbor as myself. Not just my neighbors who look like me, not just my neighbors who vote like me, not just my neighbors who pray like me. I’m called to love all of my neighbors the way I love myself. That includes my Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, agnostic and atheist neighbors,” he said.
He also decried what he referred to as “Christian nationalism,” saying, “the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they’re on a mission from God.”
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A copy of the Ten Commandments is displayed in a classroom at Bagdad Elementary School in Leander, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2025, following a state law requiring school districts to post them in classrooms.(Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman/Getty Images)
As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, Talarico has opposed the 10 Commandments bill as “idolatrous” for years.
While speaking on CNN, he ripped into Paxton for praising the ruling. Smiling, he said, “I’m not sure that Ken Paxton is in a place to lecture us on moral values.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Paxton for comment.
Paxton, who is currently locked in a bitter primary runoff with Cornyn, had called the ruling a “major victory for Texas and our moral values.”
He said the 10 Commandments “have had a profound impact on our nation, and it’s important that students learn from them every single day,” adding, “My office was proud to defend SB 10 and successfully ensure that the Ten Commandments will be displayed in classrooms across Texas.”
After Talarico’s dig, Paxton responded on X, writing, “James Talarico says God commands us to believe in six genders, support late-term abortion, and abuse children by ‘transitioning’ them. He’s completely and totally morally bankrupt.”
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, are heading to a runoff in Texas, extending their primary battle until late May.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images and Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Paxton was not the only one to slam Talarico’s take on the ruling. Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet posted on X, “Imagine being a Christian who goes on CNN to condemn putting the Ten Commandments in schools. Imagine James Talarico.”
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In response, Talarico doubled down, telling Fox News Digital, “Jesus taught us to love God and love neighbor, because there is no love of God without love of neighbor. My faith teaches me to love my neighbor as myself. I don’t want the government forcing a religion down my throat.”
Talarico added that “the separation of church and state is a sacred boundary that doesn’t just benefit the state — it also benefits the church, because when the church gets too cozy with political power, it loses its prophetic voice.”
A spokesperson for Cornyn responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment by saying, “We support the ruling.”
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.