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Tennessee Republicans this week advanced legislation to allow public schools to display the Ten Commandments.
The House Education Committee passed House Bill 47 on Tuesday over the objections of some Democrats who argued constitutional concerns would open up individual schools to lengthy lawsuits.
The bill would allow — though not require — local Tennessee schools to display the Ten Commandments as a “historically significant” document alongside documents like the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
The effort is part of a larger legal fight over Ten Commandments displays in schools.