New bill would allow Ten Commandments in public schools

FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — House Bill 116, filed by Representative Richard White, would allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms.

“It gives adminstrators and teachers in our school systems the option to display or use portions of the Ten Commandments in your teachings or school,” White said.

If passed, the bill would not require the commandments to be displayed, but it gives teachers and staff the option.

In Lousiana, public schools are currently required to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

“I think the Ten Commandments was a big part in our Founding Fathers and our constitution in the United States,” White said. “It was the history that this country was developed on.”

This bill does not come without opporition. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky has expressed their opposition to House Bill 116.

Last year, when Louisiana passed their Ten Commandments bill, the ACLU spoke out, saying “politicians have no business imposing their preferred religious doctrine on students and families in public school.”

“I think it’s an important part of our education for students and future leaders of our country to learn the basis of what this country was founded on and the moralities of the laws that God gave us,” White said.