This afternoon, the Texas Board of Education voted and narrowly approved a controversial new curriculum that puts the Bible front and center in public classrooms.

Despite pushback from some educators and parents, the board greenlit Christianity infused lessons, a decision that tests the boundaries of the First Amendment and the separation of church and state.

Joining us now, NBC News correspondent, Antonio Hilton.

So what was the debate like on this issue?

Fierce.

And by the way, bipartisan.

And I mean that, not that it was Democrats versus Republicans, but that there really was a mix.

And it was incredibly diverse.

You had the black community coming forward, raising concerns

that some of these changes were coming at the expense of, say, lessons about slavery. This morning,

Native American activists spoke out about the fact that they felt almost entirely excluded from

the curriculum. So it was a really messy, in some ways, very healthy debate.

But a narrow majority is moving forward with this new curriculum now.

So what's it going to look like?

Well, it means that there are going to be lessons from basically K through fifth grade that start incorporating some of Jesus' sermons and lessons like the Golden Rule.

And what proponents say is, well, those are

really positive lessons that people of all backgrounds would love and enjoy, and it means your kid

learns about good behavior. But for people who are uncomfortable with this, they feel like it is

a blurring of the line between church and state, and that it really shows preference for Christianity

at the expense of other faiths. Is there any move to try and incorporate some teachings

from the Quran or some teachings from the Talmud? Other teachings that might also be positive

and beneficial for children, much in the same way they're arguing that the Bible teachings are.

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