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Committee approves resolution to return Ten Commandments monument to Capitol grounds
Summary
The State and Local Government Committee approved HJR 15 to retrieve and reinstall a Ten Commandments monument donated in 1971, following debate over legal risk and religious inclusion.
The State and Local Government Committee voted to approve House Joint Resolution 15 to retrieve and reinstall a granite monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments on the State Capitol grounds.
State Representative Shane Baker, who introduced HJR 15, told the committee the granite monument was donated to the commonwealth in 1971 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, removed during a 1980s construction project and subsequently returned to the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Hopkinsville after litigation. Baker said the resolution directs the Historic Properties Advisory Commission to retrieve the monument, return it to the State Capitol grounds and place it at Monument Park for maintenance and…
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