Proponents urge posting founding-era documents, including Ten Commandments, in classrooms; critics question legal and pluralism implications
Supporters of Senate Bill 34 argued it would strengthen civic knowledge by requiring school districts to display historical documents — including, as an option, the Ten Commandments — as part of classroom displays; committee members raised questions about the selection of documents and potential First Amendment implications.
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Supporters of Senate Bill 34, the Historical Education Displays Act, told the Senate Education Committee that requiring school districts to post one of a list of founding or historically influential documents in classrooms would strengthen civic knowledge. Two proponents — Tim Throckmorton of the Family Research Council and Monty Lobb of the Christian Business Partnership (Center for Christian Virtue) — urged committee members to support the bill and framed the Ten Commandments as a historical influence on Anglo-American legal and moral thought.
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