Oklahoma Senate panel in favor of Ten Commandments display
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April 13, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma Senate panel has passed a bill that would allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed on public property despite concerns that the measure is unconstitutional.
The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2p9ryF8 ) reports the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the measure Tuesday. It now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration.
In 2015, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma that a privately funded Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds had to be removed because it violated the...
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