True to his word, State Rep. Emory Dunahoo (R-Gillsville) has introduced legislation to require the posting of The Ten Commandments in Georgia’s public schools.
Speaking with 97.5 Glory FM’s Mike Wofford on Community Forum in early January, Dunahoo mentioned the Ten Commandants near the outset of the program as being among his top legislative priorities this year.
“We’re working on putting the Ten Commandments in every school, and that gives the opportunity for teachers to put them up in the classrooms,” Dunahoo said then. The veteran lawmaker who is entering his 14th year in the legislature said another possibility would be to have them posted at the main entrance to schools.
This push to incorporate more Christianity into the mainstream public schools that serve the overwhelming majority of students, including those of other faiths, has found favor already from some judicial appointees from President-elect Donald Trump’s first presidential term, as courts have begun to bless the notion of more religion in the public sphere, including in schools.
But there are those who are firmly against this.
“The effect of even Trump being the president-elect, let alone the president again, is Christian nationalists are emboldened like never before,” said Rachel Laser, the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Dunahoo’s would add the commandments to a number of American historical documents schools are encouraged to post publicly, such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. You can read the latest version of it here: Georgia General Assembly – HB 313
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